The Waterford president wants city council to
give him some direction so he can decide if a
downtown area redevelopment project would be
worthwhile.

BY JJ. ANDREWS
ASSISTANT EDITOR

Waterford Companies
president Mike Miller cele-
brated his 50th birthday
Tuesday afternoon by asking
Venice Citr Council what it
wants.
The local developer didn't
get an answer, so his redevel-
opment proposal for 3.5 acres
of island property next to
Historic Downtown Venice
remains just another idea.
And the answer Miller's

looking for is: How tall are you
willing to go for a parking
garage?
Both Miller and his attor-
ney, Jeff Boone, approached
city council during audience
participation to ask this ques-
don. Venice recently approv-
ed the new zoning district
called Commercial Mixed
Use, which was proposed by
Miller with the intention of
applying it to the land be-
tween U.S. 41 Business, Ven-
ice Avenue Bridge and the
Intracoastal Waterway.

But that new CMU District
only passed 4-3, and Miller is
wondering if he should even
bother proposing a project
using that type of zoning.
"Forget the CMU, those are
just words. We're beyond
that," Miller said after the
meeting. "The bottom line is,
what do you really want to see
there?"
Miller did not receive the
answer he was looking for.
However, council members
did indicate they are open to
having another workshop to
discuss Waterford's plans for
the area next to the two 105-
foot condominium towers -
with a third yet to be built.
Hijacked
What started out as audi-

ence participation turned
into what sounded like a
rezoning hearing, until coun-
cil member Rick Tacy ques-
tioned the appropriateness of
the discussion and whether
or not Miller was being given
special consideration.
"This is not where we're
supposed to do this, and
we've really allowed ourselves
to be hijacked in this," Tacy
said.
Granted enough height,
council will see an answer to
its downtown parking prob-
lem a two-story parking
garage hidden behind the
new development along
Venice and Tampa avenues.
Miller has proposed keeping
the 180 parking spots on the
first floor reserved for public

use, and use the 180 second-
floor spots for the condo-
hotel and employee parking.
In order to cover the cost of
that, Miller wants to step
down the heights from seven
stories to four stories and
include a 140-room condo-
hotel, retail shops, a day spa,
public boat dock, pocket
parks and some residential
housing. This urban activity
center is what a CMU District
is meant to create.
Dropping the project to
less, than four and five stories
would eliminate the parking
garage because of cost.
Scaling back the project to
height restrictions of only
three and four stories would

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Project on S.R. 681 is

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ready for college?

A new Department of Education report provides
both good and bad news about Florida high
school graduates.

BY GREG GILES
STAFF WRITER

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PHOTO COUlIESY OF ROGEP BUTTON
An aerial view of some of the property Henry Rodriguez hopes will become Sorrento

Village, off State Road 681.

BY ROGER BUTTON
BUSINEWS! COLUMNIST

With the adoption of the
arterial road access manage-
ment plan for State Road 681
by Sarasota County com-
missioners Wednesday, the
new billion-dollar Sorrento
Village project takes a major
step forward.
Sarasota Cbunty. Palmer
Ranch and Henry Rodriguez
are the owners of property
available for development
along the road.
On the south side east of
Spanish Lakes Mobile Home
Park is 220 acres acquired by
Henry Rodriguez bordering

660 acres to the east retained
by Palmer Ranch.
On the northern side is
110 acres owned by Palmer
Ranch, the remainder being
Oscar Scherer Park and
county property.
The most significant de-
velopment to follow the
approval is the announce-
ment by real estate investor
Henry Rodriguez of plans
and a design for a new vil-
lage project, likely to be
called Sorrento, a name sug-
gested by supporting com-
munity groups.
Located east of Spanish
Lakes, access will be from
S.R. 681.

Sorrento Village will be
built on land originally zon-
ed in the 1990s by national
mobile home company,
LAN Ron. Development of
642 homes was planned, but
it never took off.
Rodriguez liked the loca-
tion and provided local
communities with his vision
of a unique Italian-style vil-
lage in preference to a huge
mobile home park.
New and old
Rodriguez is known for
his enthusiasm to create
infill urbanite projects using
Please see PROJECT, 7A

The good news is Sarasota
County has a 81.7 percent
high school graduation rate.
The bad news is, close to half
the students who go on to
attend a Florida community
college are not ready for col-
lege-level work, according to
a new study released by the
Florida Department of Edu-
cation.
Statewide statistics show-
ed similar findings.
Education Commissioner
John L. Winn unveiled the
new report late last week. It
provides Florida's public high

schools with information
about the performance of
their 2004 graduates.
While the report does not
give a complete picture of col-
lege readiness, it does shed
some light on area high
schools and students who
went on to attend Florida
postsecondary institutions.
The report does not track stu-
dents who are attending pri-
vate or out-of-state institu-
dons.
According to the report,
54.6 percent of Venice High
grads and 40.1 percent of
North Port grads went on to

Please see GRADS, 6A

COLLEGE READINESS
The percentage of 2004 county high school graduates who
attended a community college in Florida and whose assessment
scores in all three subject areas (reading, writing, math) placed
them into college-level course work during fall 2004:

Booker High
North Port High
Riverview High
Sarasota High
Sarasota Military Academy
Venice High

Flames have flared up
again between the county
and its firefighters over staf-
fing and resource levels.
A Dec. 4 house fire in Os-
prey fueled the latest debate.
"The response time was 13
minutes," Suncoast Profes-
sional Firefighters & Para-
medics President Mike Ste-
phenson said. "National stan-

dards recommend a siLx-
minute response time."
Stephenson said if fire-
fighters can respond in six
minutes, they can usually
knock down a fire.
The Osprey house was
mostly destroyed, Stephen-
son said, but no one was in-
jured.
"This is an everyday occur-
rence," he said. "The fire truck
was out of the district getting
supplies, supplies that used

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county downsized."
Stephenson ripped the
county in a Dec. 8 letter to
Sarasota County Commis-
sioner Paul Mercier.
"Every day our citizens are
negatively impacted by de-
layed or slow responses to
medical emergencies ... ,"
Stephenson stated. "I implore
you to put politics aside (and)
sit down with the fire chief
and the firefighters to deter-

mine acceptable levels of ser-
vice and a plan to reach that
goal."
Chief says
county supportive
Sarasota County Fire Chief
Brian Gorski painted a differ-
ent picture recently.
He said the Sarasota Board
of County Commissioners
has been supportive of emer-
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growth and the increased
need for services. He said the
county is safer today than it
was fve years ago.
"Since 2001," Gorsld said,
"we have spent millions for
new equipment, and in 2004
hired 18 new fire medics."
In the letter to Mercier,
Stephenson said the county
will have $30 million in the

PHOTO COURTESY OF VENICE ARCHIVES
This 1926 photograph shows the west facade of the Hotel
Venice, built by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
in 1926. Now known as Park Place Retirement Residence,
it is located at 200 N. Nassau St.

BY STEVE REILLY
STAFF WRITER
Sarasota County plans to
move ahead with construc-
tion of four-lane Pinebrook
Road east of Venice.
Commissioners approved
Tuesday a construction con-
tract to run Pinebrook from
Edmondson Road north to-
Laurel Road. Work is sched-
uled to begin in January, 1997.
The board also made it
clear it wants to move quick-
ly, pressing -the petal to the
metal on that and other road
projects.
The $2.7-million contract
for Pinebrook does give the
contractor, APAC-Florida, in-
centive to do the project
well and quickly,.. sld.john
Goodknight, the county's

Transportation Departmeni
director.
Goodknight explained how
the contractor could earn an that project, which has clos- owners' petition. However, he
additional r$4,000-per-day for ed lanes, has be particularly questioned whether those
each day the road is complete disruptive to traffic. needs should be weighed
ed beforenther200days allowed One of the problems on against the needs of commu-
in the contractIn total, the road projects has been the nity at large.
an extra $400,000. contractors' ability to get Allowing the asphalt plants
But if the project drags asphalt for repaving roads. to operate at night might not
behindthe200-dy schedule Under existing county earth- speed up projects, County
then APAC will have to moving ordinances, asphalt Administrator John Wesley
00a h o pay plants, specifically APAC's White said, but it would al-
it $4,000foreach added.itionalday plant off Knight's Trail Road low road work during hours
takes, Goodknight added in Sarasota, cannot operate less disruptive to traffic.
The discussion stirred atnight. The board agreed to have
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Deciding East Venice Avenue's future look

BYJJ.ANDREWS
ASSISTANT EDITOR

A crowd of at least 50 peo-
ple showed up to Sarasota
County's first workshop on the
East Venice Avenue Planning
Initiative.
The workshop drew a mixed
crowd looking to find out how
the mostly undeveloped land
just outside of city limits will
be developed. In September,
county commissioners issued
a six-month rezoning morato-
rium on the area.
A look at an aerial map
reveals that roughly two-thirds
of the land, along East Venice
Avenue between Jacaranda
Boulevard and River Road,
with Interstate 75 to the north,
is zoned as low density at only
two or fewer homes per acre.
County commissioner
Shannon Staub, who observed
at the meeting, said most of

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dents are enrolled in special
education classes. In fact, 20
percent are designated ESE,
according to the school's ESE
director.

the audience members ap-
peared to be land owners or
professionals representing
land owners.
"My overall impression
was that people were con-
cerned as to the future of the
area and the effect on their
lands, ... (and they are) won-
dering if the county would
listen to their collective con-
sensus," Staub said. "There
was a mix of owners who
don't want change both
rural estate owners and Blue
Heron subdivision owners -
and who plan to be there for
years, those who want to see a
mixture of residential and
other uses commercial
didn't seem to be advocated
by many and those who
want to sell their properties in
the near future."
Saturday's meeting was
the first in a series. The next
public meeting will be Jan.
14, with the time and loca-
tion still to be announced.
The workshop was facili-
tated by Anne Merrill, the
consultant for the study, and
Florida House Institute for
Sustainable Development,
according to Tate Taylor with
Sarasota County Planning
Services.
"The workshop focused
on learning more about the
area, and provided input
from the community on op-
portunities and assets the

area presented," Taylor wrote
in an e-mail update to county
commissioners. "Jan. 14 will
be the next workshop, which
will discuss possibilities for
the area. This will be followed
by one more workshop in
early February. The planing
initiative will then be heard
by the planning commission
on March 2, followed by hear-
ings with the board on March
21 and April 11."
City Manager Marty Black
was glad to see open discus-
sion finally begin on the
area's future, but does not
think the county gave itself
enough time to complete the
project within, the moratori-
um's six-month window,
"It's an admirable goal,
but if I was sitting on the
county's side, I'd be wonder-
ing if I could get it all done (by
April)," Black said.
City of Venice officials and
employees did not partici-
pate as facilitators, but Plan-
ning and Zoning Director
Tom Slaughter was in the
audience. All of the area be-
ing discussed is within Sara-
sota County's jurisdiction.
Slaughter's analysis was
the workshop was well' orga-
nized and had plenty of
graphics, but may have left
some citizens wanting more
specific ideas,
As for those in the plan-
ning industry, the workshop

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GRAPHIC COURTESY OF SARASOTA COUNlY
Within the dotted line, this graphic shows the boundaries of Sarasota County's rezoning
moratorium district along East Venice Avenue. The county issued the six-month moratorium, set
to expire nearly four months from now, while it decides what types of restrictions should be
placed on development.

was an excellent start. Slau-
ghter said much of the dis-
cussion, focused on what
types of uses will be devel-
oped and the impacts that'
will have on issues such as
stormwater management

and wildlife habitats.
There also could be de-
sign-standards, similar to any
one, of Venice's four design
districts, but there, was no
direct discussion on that.
"From our standpoint, we

really do support them in
taking another look at that
area," Slaughter said.

Legendary Life magazine
photographer and former
Venice Gardens resident
Loomis Dean died Dec. 7, in
Sonoma, Calif. He was 88.
Born in Monticello, Fla., in
'1917, he moved to Sarasota at
the age of 16, almost immedi-
ately becoming enamored
with the Ringling Bros. and
Barnum & Bailey Circus,
which wintered there from
1927-1959 and in Venice from
1960-1992.
Eventually, he followed his
muse, literally running away
to join the circus long before
he began his career with Life
magazine.
But first, intrigued with' a
friend's dark room, he hitch-
-hiked. to Rochester, N.Y.,
where he attended the East-
man School of Photography,
paying his way with a scholar-
ship and money earned
washing dishes.
His professional carter
began as a junior press agent
with the Ringling circus,
where he cultivated a side job
photographing the vast array
of circus performers and
workers. For four seasons of
mainly one-night stands he
covered the country with the
circus train, developing his
film at night in his hotel
room, rinsing the prints in the
tub.
During World War II, he
served as an Army Air Corps
photographer, covering the
war in the Pacific from the air
and on the ground.
He joined the staff of Life
magazine in 1947, eventually
filling 52 covers.
His first Life cover was his

photo of a Ringling .circus
giraffe and famous clown Lou
Jacobs of Sarasota.
Other cover subjects in a
career with Life that lasted
more than 40 years included
the sinking of the Andrea
Doria and the wedding of
Queen Elizabeth II of Eng-
land.
Considered the dream job
of the day, the Life post led.to
a lifetime of cosmic encoun-
ters with the likes of luminar-
ies such as Elvis Presley,
Liberace, Noel Coward and J.
Paul Getty.
Lemurs and Elvis,
In 1956, en route with his
wife and children to his new
job in Life's Paris bureau
aboard the ile de France, the
ship came upon the sinking
Andrea Doria and returned to
New York with the survivors
and Loomis' pictures.
Returning to Paris by air,
he was in time for communist
riots, and war in Suez, fol-
lowed by a succession of
major world events, from
wars to royal weddings, from
popes to fashion designers,
lemurs in Madagascar and oil
sheiks in Kuwait.
He stayed in Paris 25 years,
marrying his second wife,
Peggy Massin, a Reuters fash-
ion writer, there.
While other Life photogra-
phers arrived at assignments
like visiting royalty, Dean's
more laid-back manner
charmed the mighty off their
perches and often into
moments of eccentricity that
turned into rare photographs,
which were Dean's alone.
One of many stories that
survives from those days con-
cerns the Prince of Liech-

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tenstein, who was wintering
in St. Moritz. The prince glad-
ly posed for Dean in his win-
ter. undies, while balancing
on a Bongo Board.
Another tale concerns
Noel Coward, who obliged as
the embodiment of Mad
Dogs and Englishmen, for-
mally dressed, standing in the
middle of the desert.
Thanks, pope
Of Dean's many awards, a
favorite was the 1965 Papal
Prize in Rome. He donned a
dark suit and flew in from
Paris to receive it from the
pope himself.
. The text was complex, and
his name was misspelled: "To
Mr. Lommis Dean, for the
plasticity of the image and the
relief of the color, which
translates in visible terms the
idea of the Church in move-
ment in the light of grace and
the sanctifying experience."
Loomis never missed a
beat.
"Why," Dean said to the
pope, "that's exactly what I
had in mind."
When the Deans retired
from their jobs in Paris, they
moved to Venice Gardens. He
moved to California two years
ago, about a year after Peggy's
death.
In 1999 there was a retro-
spective of his work at the
Selby Gallery of the Ringling
School of Art in Sarasota.
Several of his circus photos
are in the collection of the

Museum of the Circus at the
John and Mable Ringling
Museum of Art in Sarasota.
Loomis is survived by his
former wife, Mary Sue; a
daughter, Deborah; a son,
Christopher; and two grand-

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The Sarasota Memorial
Hospital Board has taken the
next major step in the devel-
opment of the new Laurel
Road Ambulatory health
campus in North.Venice.
Chief Executive for Ambu-
latory Development Michael
Harrington confirmed the
hospital board has approved
Marshall Erdman & Associ-
ates to partner in the campus
design.
Erdman, of Madison,
Wisc., is a major builder of
healthcare facilities and has
completed 3,500 facilities
during "the past 50 years. The

company is known nationally
for its specialty work in am-
bulatory design and recently
has undertaken a project for
Lee Memorial Hospital in Fort
Myers. Four years ago it com-
pleted the Cleveland Clinic's
70-bed hospital and adjoin-
ing ambulatory surgery cen-
. ter in Naples.
Harrington said Erdman
will. produce a development
plan that, 'following SMH
board, will be submitted for
permitting.
"We want to start as soon
as possible, and hopefully it
will be next fall," he said.
Erdman will assume total
project responsibility, under-
taking planning, design and

construction.
It is anticipated the new
Laurel Road Campus design
master plan will be available
in April 2006.
"We have already received
.lots of calls from business-
people desiring to be located
at this new ambulatory facili-
ty in North Venice," Harring-
ton said. "Those offering
complementary medical ser-
vices and companies provid-
ing health related retail ser-
vices will be accommodated
in the outparcels surrounding
the walk-in medical center.
Before these can be identified
it is necessary to work on the
master plan with our contrac-
tors, Erdman & Associates, to

develop an overall site plan."
A lot of people will be
employed in the mini-hospi-
tal ambulatory outpatient
campus. Over the long term
- five to eight years as the
campus grows, 350 to 400
positions will be created for
the .offices and clinical pro-
grams, according to Harring-
ton.
There will be eight exami-
nation- rooms within the
walk-in medical center.
Eventually 50 to 80 physicians
will operate the ambulatory
facilities and family doctor
offices, together with diag-
nostic, radiology, laboratory
services and an outpatient
surgery center. There will be

health-related retail services
located on the outparcels of.
the campus.
As technology advances,
there will be opportunities to
provide more services on an
outpatient basis, meeting the
needs and demands of pa-
tients. In several locations
across the country campuses
are focused on cancer ambu-
latory care, but this possibility
has not been addressed for
the North Venice location.
In August, Sarasota Mem-
orial Hospital Chief Executive'
Officer Gwen MacKenzie
confirmed the purchase of 63
acres of land from North
American Properties Laurel
LLC for $25 million.

The land borders Inter-
state 75, Laurel Road, Pine-
brook Road and additional
property on Curry Lane. The
decision had been made on
needs assessments, with the
SMH Board choosing two
locations to explore Uni-
versity Parkway in the North
and Laurel Road in South
County.
The cost of the North
Venice Campus is not avail-
able, but MacKenzie said it is
planned to have joint ven-
tures with physicians who
will partner with the develop-
er, owning part of their build-
ing. Medical retail services are
expected to have similar ar-
rangements, or leases.

M&D Restaurant in Osprey not going anywhere

BY GERALD A. ROGOVIN
CORRESPONDENT

Rumor notwithstanding,
the land on which Osprey's
popular M&D restaurant is:
not for sale, according.to its
owner. What's more, the
restaurant's proprietors have
no plans to move. They antic-
ipate a growing volume of-
business.
With construction of the
$220-million Bay Street Vil-
lage and Town Center com-
plex next door scheduled to
begin in March 2006, patrons
and residents have been
expressing fears that another
popular landmark was about
to disappear.
Henry Rodriguez, develop-
er of Bay Street, has expressed
interest in purchasing the 1-
acre tract on U.S. 41.

"It would enhance ;our
presence on 41," he said;
But Steve Xihidis, a Venice
resident who owns this prop-
erty and commercial proper-
ty on East Venice Avenue, is
insistent about ownership:
"I'll never sell my Osprey
property."
He purchased it five years
ago. A restaurant has been on
the site for almost 19 years.
Before it was called the M&D,
it was known as the Travers'
restaurant for 15 years, ac-
cording to Xihidis.
Good competition
Cleo and Tom Galanos, co-
prietors of M&D with Jamies
Williams, have operated it
since 2001. Prior to that, the
Galanosed ran the Patches.
restaurant on East Venice
Avenue for eight years.

"We anticipate consider-
able growth in our business,
now that Wal-Mart has open-
ed a supercenter next door,"
Cleo said. "Competition is

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good for us."
The 94-seat restaurant is
open every day, from 7 a.m.
Bay Street Village has ne-
gotiated leases with six re-

gional and national restau-
rants that plan to locate in the
shopping area, They will offer
Italian, Asian and Mediter-
ranean cuisine. A sports bar

and a martini piano bar are
also contemplated, according
to Ray Rodriguez of Bay Street
Village & Town Center Realty,
agent for the complex.

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attend a public postsec-
ondary institution in Florida
during fall 2004. (Countywide
the number is 50.3 percent,
statewide 52.3 percent.)
In South County, Venice
High graduates were more
than twice as likely to attend a
state university than North
Port graduates. Both sent
about 26 percent of their
graduates to a Florida com-
munity college, but Venice
sent 27 percent on to univer-
sities while North Port sent
11.2 percent. Statewide, 30.7
of high school grads go on to
attend a Florida community
college, while 21.7 attend a
state university.
Struggling
College assessment scores
show high schools through-,
out the state are struggling to
produce graduates who are
ready to go on to postsec-
ondary education.
Generally, high percent-
ages of graduates were able to
pass individual subject as-
sessment tests in reading,
writing and math by the col-
leges. But far fewer were able
to pass all three. The assess-
ments are designed to test a
student's ability to handle col-
lege-level course work.
Statewide, only 44.8 per-
cent of 2004 graduates who
attended a community col-
lege in Florida passed all three
core subjects. Sarasota Coun-
ty's figure was 52.1 percent.
In South County, 54.8 per-
cent of 2004 Venice High
grads and 48.2 percent of
North Port High grads passed
all three subjects.
When the statistics are
recalculated based on cut
scores for graduates who
completed a "college-prep
curriculum" during high
school defined by DOE as
curriculum that is aligned
with state university admis-
sion requirements all
schools showed improve-
ment, but still remained low.
The percentage of Venice
Ifigh graduates :who passed
the college cut scores ro 6 'to'
64.2 percent, while "North
Port's rose to 58.5 percent.
Out of practice?
There are a host of reasons
for the poor performance on
college placement tests, says
Lori White, associate superin-
tendent of instruction with
Sarasota County School Dis-
trict.
To begin with, placement
tests are not aligned with
school tests.
"We've done some re-
search on the correlation with
school assessments and col-
lege placement exams," White
said. "We found there is some.
But there are significant dif-
ferences. College math, for
example, is focused on alge-
bra. Anything less than that
(level) and a student will be
deemed in need of remedia-
tion. There-is also a lot more
done with writing at the .col-
lege level more word usage
and more holistic writing."
"In some cases we did find
students who passed FCATs
showed a need for remedia-
rion at Manatee Community
College."
Another reason for the
poor performance on CPTs is
students may be out of prac-
tice.
College placement tests are
typically given just prior to
entering college. FCATs, and
the crash courses to prepare
for them, are typically 10th-
grade exams. It could be two
to three years later before a
student takes the CPT. Add to
that students who take a few
years off after high school
before entering community
college.
"If it has been a long time
since a student was in school,
it could be they just haven't
practiced," White said. "It's a
combination of things: some

skills were taught at an earlier
grade, and in some cases stu-
dents are not taking enough
rigor."
Venice encouraged
Venice High principal Can-

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dace Millington said she is
glad DOE has started prepar-
ing the report, and encour-
aged with the results.
"It shows that students
who perhaps had not plan-
ned on going to postsec-
ondary education, but ,who
did, have some areas that
need strengthening," she
said. "I am encouraged be-
cause we have more students
attending college. More are
.seeing the need to continue
their education and are
putting it into their plans.
"Some kids used to see
high school as the exit point.
Now they are seeing that's not
the way the world works any-
more. Education is ongoing."
Millington points to data
showing Venice High gradu-
ates scored 10 percentage
points above the rest of the
state on reading and math
FCATs, and similar results on
SAT and ACT tests.
She also points to the
number of Venice graduates
who took higher level cours-
es, Thirty-nine percent of
grads in 2004 took at least one
advanced placement course
or were dually enrolled at
Manatee Community Col-
lege. Districtwide, 34.8 per-
cent took an AP course.
Millington said the num-
ber of Venice High students
taking an AP course has
quadrupled in recent years.
SShe is especially proud of
Venice's algebra scores. Of the
2004 graduates enrolled in a
math course during fall 2004,
78.1 percent completed an
Intermediate Algebra course
with a grade of "C" or better.
That's a full 20 percentage

points better than either the
county or state average.
"I'm very pleased with
Venice High's data," Milling-
ton said. "It helps the school
to tool its improvement
efforts to meet our clientele.
Without the report we don't
know where to make adjust-
ments.
"We're making changes,
and reforms are paying off.
We're obviously doing some-
thing right. We will know
more when we have next
year's report. It's important to
identify trends.'"
North Port High principal
George Kenney said his staff
had yet to review the report
but looked forward to the
feedback it might provide.
"It's always helpful for us to
see how our students perform
beyond high school how
well they were prepared and
the challenges they faced. We
don't have a lot of history at
North Port High," Kenney
said.
The school opened in 2001
with grades six-10. North Port
High's first graduating class
was in 2004.
Indicators
Individualized for each
school, the report is intended
to present a comprehensive
profile of college readiness
based on graduates' perfor-
mance, while still in high
school compared to their'
enrollment in and first
semester performance at a
postsecondary institution.
Administrators can use the
analyses contained in the
report to effectively evaluate
and plan school improve-

ment strategies.
This is the earliest schools
have had access to this data
and the first time it has b6en
available in one, consolidated
report.
"As an increasing number
of Florida high school stu-
dents are graduating and the
growing workforce needs of
our state call for employees
with some sort of postsec-
ondary education, it is essen-
tial that we are able to deter-
mine how well our high
school students have been
prepared for higher educa-,
tion," said Winn. "These re-
ports will provide high school
administrators and teachers
with a valuable' tool for
improving student learning
and achievement."
To access the individual
high school. reports, visit
data.fldoe.org/readiness/.
You can e-mail Greg Giles
at:ggiles
@venicegondoliercom.

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mean only a condo-hotel,
waterfront restaurant and the
parking required to meet
those needs.
"It's very difficult when
you're talking about investing
this amount of money," Miller
said to council members.
"When it comes down to
investing your money, you get
right down to what you can
do and what you cannot."
More money
Boone said after the meet-
ing he hopes to have a
January workshop with coun-
cil members.
The problem with more
workshops, as Miller admit-
ted when asked, is how it con-
tinues to delay what is a pri-
vate investment project and
cost the company more
money. The Waterford presi-
dent first started showing
concept plans for the mixed-

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use district last May.
And the more difficult the
approval process gets, the
more likely any developer .is
to drop risk-taking plans in
favpr of the sure thing, Boone
said.
That is exactly what coun-
cil member BillWillson wants
to avoid.
"Nothing is going to be
automatic here," Willson said
to Boone. "We're not going to
just give the farm away ..,. But
on the other hand, don't take
the easy way out and just
build condominiums there."

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fire department budget.
"That is more than enough
money needed to solve our
problems," Stephenson said.
SPFP District Vice Pres-
ident Phil Vets agrees that the
county has spent some
money on new facilities and
new technology. But he said.
the department has only
added five firefighters in the
past five years.
However, neither Stephen-
son nor Vets puts the total
blame for an understaffed fire
department on Gorski;
"He puts money in the

budget and Ley (County
Administrator Jim Ley) takes
it out before it even gets to the
commissioners," Vets said.
"The commissioners have
not even been able to follow
the capital improvement plan
that Gorski put forward."
Flawed premise?
Stephenson said on any
given day, there are 89 county
firefighters on duty.
"Fifty of them were at that
Osprey house fire," Stephen-
son said. "That doesn't leave
many for other emergencies."
Sarasota County Deputy
County Administrator Dave

Bullock said that is a flawed
premise. He said if another
emergency had occurred at
the same time, help would be
there.
"Mutual aid would have
kicked in," Bullock said.
Mutual-aid pacts are
agreements between neigh-
boring communities to assist
each other in times of emer-
gency.
Stonewalled
Terrence E Kehoe is a for-
mer Sarasota County Fire
Operations Chief.
"The county administra-
tion, year after year, refuses to

address this serious matter of
firefighter safety," Kehoe said,
"as well as the need to add
additional fire stations and
personnel to areas that are
growing rapidly so the de-
partment can keep pace with
the growth."
Bullock said that is simply
not true.
"To suggest that nothing is
happening, I just don't know
where that is coming from,"
Bullock said. "But what we
should be discussing is public
safety, how are we doing now,
and what are we planning to
do in the future."

County safe
Bullock said by all profes-
sional standards, Sarasota
County is one of the safest
counties in Florida.
He said public safety is
measured in a variety of ways.
"Eighty-five percent of our
emergency activity is EMS
and the key measurement is
how did our patients do,"
Bullock said. "Of all the peo-
ple in cardiac arrest when our
people get there, 31 percent
are discharged. That is an
amazing number, and a sta-
tistic you won't find anywhere
in Florida."
Bullock said that 85 per-

cent of the county's emer-
gency, calls are EMS. The
remaining 15 percent are fire.
"The fire loss in our county
is also very, very low," Bullock
said. "We are continually
compiling data that lets us
help you with fire prevention.
We can even tell you what
streets most of the fires are
on, where they start.
"Whatwe are doing then is
going out to those streets and
neighborhoods with educa-
tional materials, knocking on
doors."
You can e-mail Tommy
McIntyre at: tmcintyre
@venicegondolier.com.

PROJECT fromPagelA

underutilized infrastructure,
existing roads, electricity,
'sewer and water in prefer-
ence to expanding into new
undeveloped areas, usually
east of the interstate.
, "Because of a settlement in
the '90s between Palmer
Ranch and the county, all
impact fees will go toward the
Honore relief road facilitating
a grid system relieving the
overcapacity interstate and
U.S. 41," commented Rod-
riguez.
The Tampa Bay Regional
Planning Council last month
calculated that proposed
construction staggered over
six years at a cost of $750 mil-

lion with-1,700 housing units,
22,000 square feet of retail
and 20,000 square feet of
offices would provide major
benefits, including impact
fees, new jobs and income to
the existing community.
Rodriguez perceives Sor-
rento Village will have the
striking appearance of antiq-
uity,' looking and feeling
authentically old, as if it had
been built in different stages
reminiscent of the great
European villages in Italy.
Centered around a 25-acre
existing lake will be commu-
nity activities, 60 small shops,
a gourmet grocery store, out-
door cafes and coffee bars

where people can relax. Along
narrow streets, flowers will
'hang out of windows.
Brownstone paving will lead
to townhomes, and in other
sections tree-lined streets will
lead to condominiums and
single-family homes.
For residents and visitors
there will be adequate her-
ringbone street and parking
lots. Property owners will
access parking at the rear of
properties.
Seamless
Within this socially inter-
active village, Rodriguez sees
the continuation of an urban
style of living that isi already

taking shape in his Osprey
Bay Village development.
Doctors and dentists are
buying offices and want to
live on top of them. A person
plans to open a bakery and
live over it.
As a board member of the
Affordable Housing Trust,
Rodriguez will encourage the
Sarasota County Housing
Trust plan providing seamless
workforce housing in Sor-
rento Village for police offi-
cers, nurses, teachers, .bank
branch managers, doctors'
assistants and people who
chose to live where they work.
Sooner or later

"I foresee a village police
substation, and maybe we
will bring the innovative fiber
broadband network system
too, with the fastest Internet
access andhighest quality TV
and radio for every home,"
said Rodriguez whose career
began, in communications
technology.
Input from 15 community
workshops has already result-
ed in changes to the original
village design.
Talks have begun with
Mission Valley Golf Course on
a possible co-marketing
agreement for village resi-
dents.
The objective is to involve

all surrounding communities
to enjoy -the facilities of
Sorrento Village by walking or
cycling using the rails-to-
trails paths or driving to the
village, said Rodriguez.
When could it become a
reality? He admits it is his
vision, but as yet it has not
been submitted for rezoning.
"We're very comfortable
with the community input, so
it could be two months from
now, or three years," he said.
"I listen .to the community
and try to educate on the
principals of smart growth
and new urbanism.
"Sorrento will be a $1-bil-
lion budget!"

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least 24 hours prior to the
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post their agendas online at
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public meetings link.
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proposed schools

BY ANNE KLOCKENKEMPER
STAFF WRITER

North Port city commis-
sioners unanimously approv-
ed a change to the map for
the proposed West Villages to
allocate space for two new
area schools Monday. With
their approval, the map is
now final.
"This application was
approved by the commission
previously, with the stipula-
tion that the necessary school
sites be shown. This amend-
ment accomplishes that stip-
ulation," said Planning and
Zoning Director Sam Jones.
The two sites include 30
acres for an elementary
school and 15 acres for a 600-
student technical high school
adjacent to Marlatee Com-
munity College.
Commissioner Fred Tower
III asked Ken Marsh, the

director of long-range plan-
ning for the Sarasota County
School Board, if the new
schools would satisfy the edu-
cational needs of the district,
"(They) will satisfy the
needs for the next 12-15 years
of build-out. After that, it
remains to be seen," Marsh
said. 'At this time, we're satis-
fied."
The West Villages site,
which is 8,000 acres west of
River Road on both the north
and south sides of U.S. 41, is
being developed .in several
stages. The technical high
school will provide instruc-
tion for non-collegebound
students with curricula such
as digital design, medical and
,legal administration, and
computer technology.
You can e-mail Anne
Klockenkemper at:
aklockenkemper ,
@sun-herald.com.

Crowd boos

condo project

BY RACHEL ALEXANDER
STAFF WRITER

A huge crowd showed up
Monday night to voice con-
cerns about a proposed 98-
unit condominium project on
South Oxford Drive and East
Dearborn Street.
Urban Resources, owner of
the 7.3-acre property, will be
seeking a zoning change from
one unit per acre to 13 units
per acre Thursday before the
Sarasota County Planning
Commission.
The project would feature
eight buildings over two levels
of parking. Each would be 69
feet above ground, according
to Brian Lichterman of Vision
Planning and Design, a repre-
sentative of Urban Resources.
About 80 residents, mostly
Oxford Drive landowners,
complained they had not
been notified of the proposed
zoning change.
However, Lichterman said,
the Englewood Citizen's Ad-

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Chamber of commerce building delayed

BY ANNE KLOCKENKEMPER'
STAFF WRITER

Plans for constructing the
North Port Area Chamber of
Commerce building near the
new City Center complex, off
Price Boulevard, may be de-
layed for up to a year.
While city commissioners
tried to help the local cham-'
ber with leasing land near the
newly built city hall, there is a
lack of stormwater access in
the area. This issue came
before commissioners Mon-
day.
"I know you'd like nothing
more than to move forward,"
said City Engineer Pat Collins
to commissioners and North
Port Area Chamber of Com-
merce representatives, "but
the issue is, there's no place to
put the stormwater. If the city
doesn't 'master plan' it out,
there won't be room for any-
thing else out there."
The city planned to lease
the chamber a parcel of land
to build a combination North
Port Welcome Center and
chamber of commerce build-
ing there. However, the cur-

rent stormwater pond serves
the nearby George D. Mullen
Community Activity Center,
the new fire station and the
new city hall building.
This pond, as well as the
smaller retention area near
the North Port Pop Warner
Mustang football practice
field, is "maxed out." Collins
said it can't support anything
beyond the existing infra-
structure.
Because stormwater reten-
tion is mandated by the state,
the city will have to work with
the chamber to find a solu-
tion before either party can
enter into the lease.
'No one looked ahead'
Commissioner Vanessa
Carusone asked whether
some of the land designated
toward a proposed post office
could be used for retention.
"The post office is looking
to have a regional facility
there, and so they're rework-
ing their plans to include a
stormwater plan just for
them," Collins said.
Once a master storinwater
plan has been finalized, the

chamber will have to go
through the design review
and planning and zoning
process, which could take
between six and eight
months.
Other elements of the lease
have yet to be determined,
including the terms and
duration of the contract and
the architectural style of the
structure.
"Lots of things need to be
decided," said commission
vice chair Barbara Gross. "It's
sad that we're faced with this
because no one looked
ahead."
Commissioners will hold a
special workshop to iron out
details of the lease at 3 p.m.
on Feb. 8.

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standing at the Rialto Shop-
ping Center. It's a little after
10:20 and you can smell jet
fuel from the Venice airport.
They must be refueling or sit-
ting and idling for rather long
periods of time. And about
three years come this January,
the mayor of the city ofVenice
was going to check into the
vapor barriers as well as
sound barriers for the Venice
Municipal Airport.
These are used elsewhere
for these types of problems.
Fuel vapors are a health haz-
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shade trees, instead of some-
thing to help clear the air, ver-
sus the Arizona palms, which
do absolutely nothing for the
environment.
Again, it is time to check
into this health hazard. There
are nursing homes, child day
care centers within a block or
two of the airport. Fuel vapors
are a health hazard.
Encouraging disaster. In
the long run, America's un-
wise and misguided econom-
ic policy will end up destroy-
ing the Earth and us. The
encouraging of China, India
and others to emulate us in
economic matters is a total
disaster.
It is estimated by environ-
mental economists that it
would take seven or eight.
Earths if China and India's bil-
lions were to reach our stan-
dard of living.
This insistence on spread-
ing democracy and creating
mass-consumption. econ-
omies around the Earth is a
sure path to our destruction.
As China, India and others
turn to mass-consumption,
the competition for the
Earth's resources will sharpen
and all of us will pay more and
more for all the commodities.
We need to seriously rethink
our foreign economic policy.
Who to call? We used to

CONDO from Page 8A
visory Committee approved
the higher-density land-use
designation in 1993.
He said a public workshop
was held March 1, 1993. The
committee recommended
the plan to the county's
Planning and Zoning Board,
which held a public hearing
May 20, 1993.
It was approved by com-
missioners after another pub-
lic hearing, Lichterman said.
"What good is planning if
you don't follow the plan?" he
asked. "I know they don't like
it, but as soon as it's built,
they're using it every day. It
adds an element to the area."
Lichterman said the zon-
ing makes sense because the
mostly vacant parcel is at a
major intersection particu-
larly since Dearborn Street,
River Road and Pine Street are
scheduled to be widened in
2006.
Smart development
The contract for construc-
tion of the first 3,000 feet of the
Pine Street extension north to
Taylor Ranch will be put out to
bid in January, according to
Jonathan Cole, of Giffels-
Webster in Englewood, engi-
neers for the project
This is what planned de-
velopment is all about, Licht-
erman said.
"Talk about smart develop-
ment," he said. "The reason
why this is appropriate is
because this is a compact
form of development."
But residents said condo-
miniums don't mesh with the
area's atmosphere and place
too much strain on infrastruc-
ture.
Others were concerned
about heavy stormwater run-
off into Gottfried Creek.
South County Homeown-
ers Association Chair Tom
Minnich said residents would
present their objections when

commissioners consider the
zoning change.
That meeting is Thursday
at 6:30 p.m. in commission
chambers in Sarasota.

have a very nice sidewalk that
served as a walking path and
a bike trail between Hatchett
Creek Road and Venice Ave-
nue on Jacaranda Boulevard.
Last year, developers

developing the southwest
corner of Jacaranda Boul-
evard by Venice tore up the
sidewalk to put their initial
road entrances in. This has
been torn up for more than a

year.
Other than the infrastruc-
ture, no development has
occurred there, and yet peo-
ple no longer have a bike trail.
It's a messy gravel mess.
Why are developers al-
lowed to destroy sidewalks,
bike paths, walking paths,
and not be made to fix these?
Who do we call here in Venice
to take care of something like
that?

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Occasionally we get calls or letters from
our readers questioning our judg-
ment, sanity and/or taste in publish-
ing an item on our opinion pages.
The most recent one took us to task for
printing letter likening Santa to Satan and
urged us to "exercise a little common sense"
in our choice of letters.
"You do the public a disservice by subject-
ing the community of Venice to such literary'
trash," our reader wrote. (We're not printing
more of that letter because it said some
rather unkind things about the author of the
Santa/Satan letter, who siicerely is worried
about those of us who don't see things as she
does. Another comment on that letter does
appear here today.)'
- While we certainly understand that point
of view, we must respond by saying that air-,
ing such opinions actually is a public senice,
one we perform proudly, even especially

- 'when the opinions.don't agree with purs.
SFew would disagree that Christmas has
been overcommercialized for years, but even
fewer, we suspect, would go to the extreme of
equating Santa with the devil. We certainly
wouldn't, at least not while he's making his
list and checking it twice.
Some people do, however, and that view,
though outside the mainstream, is not so
extreme that it isn't worth bringing up for dis-
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order to consider it for publication would be
a pointless exercise anyway, since on most
issues there is a variety of opinions, and a let-

ter that will make one reader hopping mad
will have another jumping for joy'
After all, not all great ideas have been rec-
ognized and embraced as such from the out-
set. That's especially true of the world's major
religions including Christianity which
had to gain and build upon a foothold
among people willing to put aside what
everyone else believed was the unquestion-
able truth.
It's 'certainly comfortable to read things
that agree with the opinions we have already
formed, but it's by challenging those opin-
ions that we grow. We humans have many
virtues; infallibility isn't among them.
That's not to say every opinion is worth
spending ink and paper on. We publish most
of the letters we get, but there are a few like
the one about the Santa/Satan letter that
go too far in some way to be printable.
Since that's our policy, bear in mind the

fact that we print a letter means only that we
thought you might find it worth reading.
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Education is a

good investment

-,II"L 'antee success. The NAEP pro-
vides a wake-up call-and is
about as welcome.
How about Florida? Flor-
S' ida's fourth- and eighth-
graders are just about average
I in math and reading. Fourth-
"' graders score 239 in math, the
national average is 237.
The other scores are simi-
ED MARTIN lar, slightly behind or slightly
COLUMNIST above the national average.
On state tests our children,
not surprisingly, do much
better.
One, of the things I most The fourth-grade national;
adifre about the people liv-' test results in math show that
ing here in Venice andt'in aboul 37 percent are judged
Sarasota County is how they proficient and 5 percent ad-
have voted to approve taxes vanced on the national tests.
to support education and also For eighth-graders, in math
for the acquisition of public 26 percent are proficient and
land. 5 percent advanced.
The willingness of people, Figures for proficiency in
many of retirement age, to reading are 30 percent and 25
make even a small sacrifice percent at the fourth- and
on behalf of children and eighth-grade levels.
those in future generations is 'What does all that mean?
certainly one of the good Well, it means to me that we
news items of the day in Sarasota cannot depend on
We approved a small 1 state support for education if
mill--county-basedtaxin2002_ we want to have anything
and the continuation of that tax better than mediocre results.
for another four years will be on We can't compare Sarasota
the ballot in March 2006. on the national test, because
Sarasota County has what it deals only with states, not
is generally regarded as one of counties, but there are some
the better school systems in other measures.
the state, and since the state is One measure that is avail-
only about average in its able is on SAT scores, the tests
achievements in math and students take to apply for col-
reading among the United lege.
States, the stronger the Sara- The national average is
sota schools are, the more .1,028 for the combined score.
likely that the children of this The Florida average is 996.
county will have a chance to Sarasota comes in at 1,057,
compete for higher education above the national average'
and good jobs nationally and and 61 points above the Flor-
internationally in the years ida average. So the money
ahead. being spent seems to have
If the 1 mill is not contin- some payoff for our children
ued, there will be drastic cuts and more will be able to go to
in teachers, salaries and higher education and higher
course offerings because earnings.
Florida is not keeping pace in The tax voters will be asked
funding education. to approve will not be an
Before we take a closer look increase. It will simply contin-
at Sarasota, it might be worth a ue the existing level.
minute to look at the current Some of the money will be
emphasis on test scores, like -used for teacher salaries,
the Florida Comprehensive some to hire new teachers to
Achievement Test in this state continue to redu-r' class sizes
and similar tests in other states. and some will be used, im-
Each state designs its own tests portahtly, to provide training
and sets standards in order to in newer, research- supported
keep qualifying for federal aid methods of teaching, a must
under the "No Child Left Be- for any school system.
hindAct." How do Sarasota's teachers
Here's an example. In Ten- salaries stack up to the na-
nessee 87 percent of eighth- tional average? In 2004-2005
graders scored at or above the average salary in Sarasota
proficiency in math on the was $44,860 as opposed to
state test. But there is also a $47,423 for the average teach-
national test called the Na- er salary in the United.States,
tional Assessment of Educa- about 5.4 percent less.
tional Progress. When the But isn't it less expensive to
Tennessee children took that live here? No. The cost of liv-
test, only 21 percent were ing index in the third quarter
considered proficient. That of 2005 shows that Sarasota is
kind of result is true in virtual- ranked at 107.0, which means
ly every state. that this area is 7 percent
Basically the state tests more expensive than the
have some value, but they are
designed and scored to guar- Please see MARTIN, 11 A

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Editor:
On Dec. 7, Ed Martin outlined several issues in his column
titled "Silver lining in the clouds?" I wanted to take this oppor-
tunity to clarify a few statements he made in reference to the
Venetian Golf & River Club in North Venice.
The streets within Venetian Golf & River Club are owned by
the Venetian Community Development District, a quasi-gov-
ernmental entity. Consequently, the streets are not, by defini-
tion, "private."
The residents cannot deny anyone access to publicly owned
property, but they can and do collect information about visi-
tors, including information about automobile makes and
license plate numbers and verifying identification prior to
allowing visitors into thecommunity. Any property owned by a
CDD falls under these same guidelines.
In response to Mr. Martin's statement that "city residents
can enter the Venetian Golf & River Club to reach the water-
front conservation easement," I am obligated to point out'that
the River Club property is not open to the general public.
The land along the river (the preserve), like the River Club; is
private property, not owned by the CDD. Therefore, it does not
fall under the same rules as the streets as far as public access is
concerned. .
The residents of Venetian Golf & River Club pay the bills to
maintain the preserve area through their association dues. No
public tax money is used.
Since the public has no stake in the ownership or mainte-
nance of the tract, the residents have every right to restrict its
use exclusively to owners and guests of Venetian Golf & River
Club.
Stephen Walker
Senior Project Manager
Venetian Golf & River Club

Lighten up, it's only Santa
Editor:
Kathy Bolam is so deter-
mined to take all the fun out
of life that one must grudg-
ingly admire her persistence.
She says that the letters in
the word "Santa" also spell
"Satan." Frankly, I never no-
ticed it. My friends and I are
too busy doing volunteer
work to waste time on inane
word games.
Perhaps Kathy should try,
doing something for some-
body else. If bitter, unhappy
people would only perform
charitable acts, it would
change their outlook. To be
happy, do good.

'As far as Sant
concerned, he is w
'my house any t
share a glass or tw
and have a few lau
pusses not welcome

state and federal officials to
approve a "new urban service
district" so. you can build
thousands of new homes on
your properties' along State
Road 681, we'll have to live
with it.
If you have persuaded
them to downgrade S.R. 681,
a major highway connector
and current and future hurri-
cane evacuation route be-
tween U.S. 41 and 1-75, so that
you can have three more sets
of traffic lights and turn lanes,
into and out of your proposed
developments, we'll have to,
live with that too.
But please, Henry, vision-
ary reshaper of Osprey, don't
sell us commuters your devel-
oper's dream by visioning S.R.
681 as a future "model exam-
ple of access management."
That's too much convincing
to ask for, even from you. And
we don't have to live with it
yet.
Laurel Schiller
Venice
Labels don't fix problems
Editor:

It's ironic that some col-
a/Satan is umn! readers want to stick
welcome at some party-philosophy label
ime. We'll onto Lorraine Coccaro's cornm-.
vo of wine passionate, original thought
ughs. Sour- to ensure their world of
ie. thought., As she quotes T.S.
Eliot: "Humankind 'cannot
Celia Alvyn stand much reality." In reality,
Venice Coccaro writes about empa-
thy for mankind rather than
l worn-out, fixed, party philos-
81 ophy labels.
Some party hacks believe
could clog stronger in party philosophy
This is too for fear that their fixed-idea
ked on my labels or morals be examined
for flaws or reality.
cres) and It's human. Like Socrates
'70 acres) said: 'A life not examined is a
cal, county, life not worth living" He com-

mitted suicide when. the
world around did not share
his advanced views.
I think these party labelers
should ,use this paper and
explain here how their party
philosophy improves the life-
styles of citizens or mankind.
Traditional-label thinking,
throwing money or com-
pound interest debt at- soci-
etal ills is no replacement for
the leadership, novel thinking
and respect for mankind that
Lqrraine Coccaro seems to
advance.
This faster-moving century
challenges our ingenuity
most to close the widening
gaps that tear our societies
apart.
Let those fixed party label-
ers explain here how we can
win the world's lot with fixed
power base opinions that can
only exploit U.S. ordinary cit-
izens further.
Egan Tancre
Venice

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GARY NORIMS
GUEST COLUMNIST

In a recent column by Bob
Vedder, the headline asks the
question: "Is this pay raise
worth it?"
He is referring to a program
that Sarasota County Public
Schools has recently institut-
ed to give teachers a pay raise
for more instructional time
and training. He then goes on
to state that (the referendum
money) "is being spent on
this without public approval."
First, in answer to the
headline's question, yes, ab-

solutely, the pay raise to the
teachers is worth every pen-
ny. In fact, we consider the
program to be a win/win/win
situation.
The district wins because
we get an extra 48 hours a
year of concentrated work
from each participating
teacher. The teachers win be-
cause they get a higher salary
for improving their knowl-
edge base. And, most impor-
tant, the students win be-
cause teachers learn a new set
of skills to implement in their
classrooms.
Second, in answer to mon-
ey being spent "without pub-
lic approval,", the citizens
spoke loudly and clearly
when the referendum was
passed by a 2-to-i margin in
2002: Recruit the best teach-
ers and pay them well.
We have followed the com-
munity's demands and used
referendum funds to increase
teachers' salaries. And, we
have found a creative way to

get something extra in return.
I venture to guess nearly
every one of you had a
teacher you can thank for
contributing to your educa-
tion in some positive way.
Teaching has always been
a noble profession, but today,
education in this country is
facing a crisis because of a
severe teacher shortage.,
With more career options
available, young adults are
choosing other fields rather
than education. Their rea-
sons: higher salaries, greater
respect and less pressure.
Meanwhile, a large num-
ber of "baby boomer" teach-
ers are retiring. The number
of children entering our
schools is increasing, but who
will help mold their character
and open their minds if there
are no adults stepping into
the teacher role?
In the past, Sarasota Coun-
ty has had little difficulty re-
cruiting teachers, but that is
rapidly changing. Although

we live in paradise, nice
weather and beautiful beach-
es won't pay the bills or pro-
vide a beginning teacher with
a reasonably priced home.
According to a national Cost
of Living Index that compared
urban areas in the third quarter
of 2005, it cost 7 percent more
to live here than it did for the
average urban area.
In 2004-2005 the average
teacher salary in the United
States was $46,752, compared
to Sarasota's $44,860 (5.4 per-
cent less than the national
average). If the cost of living is
7 percent more and the pay is
5.4 percent less than the com-
petition, how will we contin-
ue to attract teachers to our
county?
School districts around the
nation have instituted cre-
ative incentives to become
competitive with the existing
job market. One of the incen--
tives Sarasota County has put
in place, and the subject of
Mr. Vedder's column, is offer-

ing teachers a pay increase of
7.1 percent of their salary for
the remainder of the school
year for working an extra half
hour daily and participating
in specific professional devel-
opment courses.
They have their choice of
courses, but the most press-
ing need is to have all teach-
ers complete the training re-
quirements to. work with stu-
dents who speak English as a
second language (ESOL). Not
having every teacher with this
endorsement has cost the
district dearly in state funds.
The skills learned in ESOL
training not only help chil-
dren with limited English suc-
ceed academically, but the
same strategies are highly
effective teaching techniques.
For those who have met
the ESOL requirement, we
offer a variety of other cours-
es, such as learning specific
techniques that help improve
a student's reading skills.
Each school principal will

monitor documentation of
course completion.
People frequently have a
misperception that teachers
work fewer hours than other
.professionals, However, in a
2003 national survey, the av-
erage teacher spends 50.3
,hours per week on instruc-
tion-related activities well
beyond their 37.5-hour work
week. Grading, planning and
meeting with parents are all
done on their own time.
The people of Sarasota
County understand that qual-
ity education starts and ends
with quality teachers. Provid-
ing competitive salaries and
asking them to work longer
and get additional training
are ample reasons for a pay
raise.

Dr. Gary Norris is the
superintendent of schools for
Sarasota County. He writes
an occasional column for this
page.

MARTIN from Page 10A

average for 298 urban areas
measured in the Cost of
Living Index.
Our teachers are behind in
average pay and the cost of
living is higher than average
- not a good prescription for
recruiting good teachers to
come to Florida.
On the district level
Sarasota in 2004-2005 had
one 'administrator for 898
children. That ranks Sarasota
the 63rd lowest in the 67
counties fifth from the bot-
tom so our administrative
costs are very low.
It is surprising to many, but
of. the 42,000 children in
Sarasota County, about one-
third come from income lev-
els that allow them to qualify
for free or reduced-price
lunch. That means that there
i

are many children who need
extra assistance to keep up
with their peers.
As the election comes clos-
er there will be more ques-
tions asked and answered
here and elsewhere in the
press. For now, let's start talk-
ing with friends who value the
future generations, and build
support for continuing to
improve our schools.

Correction
In my Nov. 30 column about J&J Homes' application for a community development dis-
trict for its proposed BellaVenetia project, I quoted a city staffer who used the term "drop
and dump" in referring to applications filed with the city without a simultaneous meeting
with city officials. When I wrote my column based on that information, I erred in taking
that term as confirmation that the staffer's statement there were no discussions with city
officials before the petition was left with the city, meant there had been no meetings what-
soever. I later learned that attorney Jeff Boone and other J&J representatives had met with
City Manager Marty Black prior to submitting the application.

Ed Martin, a full-time resi-
dent of Venice since 1994, is
active in community affairs;
serves on the board of a sci-
ence-related Fortune 500
company; taught public poli-
cy at Harvard and Columbia
Universities; and worked for
the Congress and executive
branch' in Washington. He
can be contacted at tilting
atwindmills@comcast. net.

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A Lemon Bay High School
student who was charged with
rape last week had been ac-
cused of sexual assault last
year while he was a student
at Venice High School.
Joshua M. Gibson, 17, 7515
Ebro Road,
was charged AM
with sexual
battery and
s im p 1 e
battery on
Dec. 7 after a
teenage girl. i
told police
Gibson had
raped her in Gibson
the parking lot
of an Englewood sports bar
Oct. 8.
According to the Charlotte
County Sheriff's Office, the
girl, who was under age 18,
met Gibson when she was
out with family and friends at
The End Zone, a McCall Road
sports pub, the night of Oct. 8.
The sheriff's office report
said Gibson approached the
girl several times, asking her
to be his girlfriend. She de-
clined, the report said, telling
him she thoughtof him only
as a friend.
After midnight, the girl
walked Gibson to his truck
when he was leaving, the
report said. At that point,
Gibson allegedly opened the

door and began kissing her.
After she told him to stop, he
pushed her into the back of
the cab and raped her, the
report states. The girl told
police she repeatedly tried to
kick him and told him to stop.
Afterward, the report stat-
ed, Gibson warned the girl not
to say anything, then drove
away. The girl told police she
went back into the restaurant,
went into the bathroom and
cried. She did not report the
incident.
However, the sheriff's of-
fice said she filed a report
Nov. 10 after Gibson was
detained on another incident.
Gibson was arrested and
taken to the Charlotte
County Jail, where he was
released to the custody of
the state Department of
Juvenile Justice.

More accusations
At the time of the incident,
Gibson was a junior at Lemon
Bay High School. He report-
edly was suspended after the
early November incident re-
ferred to in the sheriff's office
report. Mike Riley of the
Charlotte County School Dis-
trict would not comment on
Gibson's status Monday, cit-
ing student confidentiality.
He said the school would
make a final determination
of Gibson's status during an
administrative hearing after

the case was decided in court.
According to the Sarasota
County Sheriff's Office, a girl
filed an affidavit late last
year alleging that Gibson had
sexually assaulted her in
Venice. The allegations are in a
probable cause affidavit filed
by the girl with the sheriff's
office, but no charges were
brought against Gibson.
At the time of the alleged
incident, Gibson, then 16, was
a student at Venice High
School. The incident allegedly,
took place in the girl's vehicle
at Challenger Park the after-
noon of Nov. 12, 2004.
The girl alleged that Gib-
son tried to rape her, then,
forced her to have oral sex
without her consent.
In an interview with sher-
iff's deputies, Gibson con-
firmed much of the girl's
story, but said the sex was
consensual. Gibson and his
parents also initially demand-
ed that he be given a poly-
graph test, but later declined
after consulting a lawyer. -
The affidavit also stated-
that another possible victim
of an attempted sexual as-
sault had been identified.
However, there was no
further evidence or testi-
mony, and charges were nev-
er brought.
Gibson subsequently trans-
ferred to Lemon Bay High
School in Englewood.

A conflict of interest de-
layed the penalty hearing of
Mira Matchin, who allegedly
violated an order to cease
running a business from her
Warm Mineral Springs home.
Nicholas Sardelis, attorney
representing Matchin, made
a motion Friday morning in
Sarasota asking Special Mag-
istrate Susan Chapman to
step down. In February,
Chapman entered the original
ruling against Matchin.
Sardelis said Chapman is
opposing counsel to him in a
civil matter. He said it would
be a conflict for her to preside
over Matchin's hearing.
"Had I known yesterday
you were counsel to Matchin,
I would have recused myself,"
Chapman told Sardelis at
the beginning of the penalty
phase of Matchin's hearing.
"I was prepared to ask for
an administrative fine, and a
per-day fine for violating the
original order," county Code
Enforcement officer Richard
Kuntz said, explaining that
the delay, while only a minor
inconvenience, does not af-
fect when the assessment of
fines are made.
Chapman rescheduled the
hearing for Jan. 20, 2006, in
the Robert L. Anderson build-
ing in Venice.

with her neighbors over her
alleged continuing business
operation in several Warm
Mineral Springs homes.
Papers filed earlier this
year by the County Code
Enforcement division ac-
cused Matchin of violating
zoning laws. Matchin's home
is zoned as "residential
single-family."
The order Chapman en-
tered in February forbids
Matchin from having cus-
tomers come to her home.
She was ordered not to have
employees provide medical
therapy, cooking meals or
cleaning.
At the February hearing,
Matchin denied running a
business from her home,
saying she invites "only fam-
ily and close friends."

At risk
According to Kuntz, if
Matchin is found guilty of

violating the original order,
the (daily) fines would begin
from Nov. 12. Fines will ac-
cumulate until a reinspection
is done and Matchin is in
compliance. A reinspection is
normally conducted within
48 hours before the hearing.
Kuntz said since Matchin
is operating from more than
one house, it would be up
to the special magistrate
whether to include the other
houses.
Judy Raml, the. adminis-
trative coordinator, said a
person or business that isn't
in compliance can call to
schedule an appointment
for a reinspection anytime
before the hearing.
Matchin was not at the
hearing. She could not be
reached for comment.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR
SARASOTA COUNTY, FLORIDA
PROBATE DIVISION

IN RE: ESTATE OF
NOTICE OF ACTION FOR JACK E. AUGUST,
DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE Deceased.

TO: ELISA L. McCARTY-GORE
Address Unknown

File No. 2005-CP-10689-NC
Division: Probate

YOU ARE-NOTIFIED that an action NOTICE TO CREDITORS
has been filed against you and that The administration of the estate of
you are required to serve a copy of JACK E. AUGUST, deceased,
your written defenses, if any, to it whose date of death was July 22,
on Sardelis and Bowles, LLP, 2005, and whose Social Security
Nicholas P. Sardells, Jr. Number is 273-12-3753 is pend-
Esquire, whose address is 2033 ing in the Circuit Court for SARA-
Main Street, Stule 502, Saraso- SOTA County, Florida, Probate Divi-
ta, FL 34237 on or before sion; the address of which is P.O.
December 29, 2005, and file the Box 3079, Sarasota, FL 34230-
original with the clerk of this Court 3079. The names and addresses
at 2000 Main Street, Sarasota, of the personal representative and
Florida 34236, before service on the personal representative's attor-
Petitioner or immediately there- ney are set forth below.
after. If you fail to do, so, a All creditors of the decedent and
default may be entered against other, persons having claims or
you for the relief demanded in demands against decedent's estate
the petition, on whom a copy of this notice is
requried to be served must file their
Dated November 18, 2005. claims with this court WITHIN THE
CLERK OF CIRCUITCOURT LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER
CLERK OF CIRCUITCOURT THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLI-
By: Allison M. Herbold CATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30
Deputy Clerk DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SER-
VICE OF A COPY OF THIS
PUBLISHED: NOTICE ON THEM.
NOVEMBER 30, 2005 All other creditors of the decedent
DECEMBER 7, 2005 and other persons having claims or
DECEMBER 14, 2005 demands against decedent's estate
DECEMBER 21, 2005 must file their claims with this court
WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE
NOTICE OF AUCTION DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICA-
TION OF THIS NOTICE.
PUBLIC VEHICLEAUCTION ALL CLAIMS NOT SOFILED
PUBLIC VEHICLE AUCTION WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET.
on 12/28/05 @ 10:00 a.m. at FORTHE L ORIDA PROBATE CODE
Flagship Towing THE FLORIDA PROBATE CODE
103Corporation Way WILL BE FOREVER BARRED.
3 C r2n Way NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME
SATVenice, FL 34285 PERIOD/SET FORTH ABOVE,
v-1993 SATURN, 2DR7 ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2)
VIN: 1G8ZH1577PZ338491 YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE
- 2000 CADILLAC, 4DR DECEDENS OR MORE AFTER TH
VIN: 1G6KF5791YU321867 DECEDENTS DATE OF DEATH
PUBLISH: December 14, 2005 THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLI-
NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION CATION OF THIS NOTICE IS
The following vehicle/vessel(s) will DECEMBER 14, 2005.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOT
WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. The da
NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME Notice
PERIOD SET FORTH ABOVE,
ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2)
YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE
DECEDENT'S' DATE OF DEATH
IS BARRED.
The date of the first publication of
this Notice is December 14, Attorn
2005. Repre
Paul A
Personal Representative: Florid
\ George T. Curry 46 N.
4517 Maraldo Ave. Suite
North Port, FL 34287 Saras
TelepI
Attorney for Personal ublis
Representative: 2005

NOTICE TO CREDITORS SARASOTA COUNTY, FLORIDA IOUBu urvtaIuSN
The administration of the estate of PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF
ELLEN SCHELL BOYD IN RE: ESTATE OF
COLLINGWOOD, a/k/a, SHELLY IN RE: ESTATE OF PETRA I. GARCIA,
BOYD COLLINGWOOD, a/k/a, HAZEL G. CURRY, Deceased
SHELLY COLLINGWOOD, Deceased, File No. 2004-CP-010410-NC
deceased; whose date of death File No. 2004CP10410-NC
was January 19, 2005, and File No. 2005-CP-11607-SC NOTICE CREDITORS
whose Social Security Number is Division: Probate NOTICE on of the estate ofRS
128-24-6386, is pending in the The administration o the estate of
Circuit Court for Sarasota County NOTICE TO CREDITORS PETRA I, GARCIA; deceased,
Florida, Probate Division; the The administration of the estate of whose date of death was May 26,
address of which is P.O. Box HAZEL G. CURRY, deceased, f2005; isa pending in the Circuit
3079, Sarasota, FL 34230- whose date of death was Novem-Court for Sarasota County, Florida,
3079. The names and addresses ber 15, 2005, and whose Social Probate-ivision, File Number
of the personal representative and Security Number is 310-12-6427 addr005ess of 141which is P.O. Box
the personal representative's attor- is pending in the Circuit Court for addr3079ess Sarasota, FLwhich is 34230P.O. B
ney are set forth below. Sarasota County, Florida, Probate 3079 The names and addresses
All creditors of the decedent and Division, the address of which is of theersonalreprsentative and
other persons, having claims or 4000 S. Tamlami Trail, Venice, the representatives attor-
demands against decedent's FL 34293. The names and ney are set forth below
estate, on whom a copy of this addresses of the personal repre- All creditors of the decedent and
notice is required to be served sentative and the personal repre- other persons having claims or
must file their claims with this Court sentative's attorney are set forth demands against decedent's
WITHIN THE LATER OF THREE below. estate, including unmatured, con-
(3) MONTHS AFTER THE 'TIME All creditors of the decedent and tingent, or unliquidated claims, on
OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF other persons having claims or hom a copy of this notice is
THIS NOTICE OR THIRTY (30) demandsagainst the decedent's served mst file their claims with
DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SER- estate on whom a copy of this this court WITHIN THE LATER OF
VICE. OF A COPY OF THIS notice is required to be served 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF
NOTICE ON THEM. must file their claims with this Court THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF
All other creditors of the decedent WITHIN THE LATER. OR 3 THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS
and other persons having claims or MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE
demands against the decedent's THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON
estate, must file their claims with THIS NOTICE' OR 30 DAYS THEM.
this court WITHIN THREE (3) AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE All other creditors of the decedent
MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON and other persons having claims or
THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THEM. demands against decedent's
THIS NOTICE. All other creditors of the decedent estate, including unmatured, con-
ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN and persons having claims or tingent or unliquidated claims, must
THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH demands against the decedent's file their claims with this court
IN SECTION 733.702 OF THE estate must file their claims with WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE
FLORIDA PROBATE CODE WILL this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICA-
BE FOREVER BARRED. AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST TION OF THIS NOTICE.
NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT SO FILED
PERIOD SET FORTH ABOVE, ALL CLAIMS NOT SO FILED WILL BE FOREVER BARRED.

IN T
SARA

IN RE:
RICH

*ICETO CREDITORS NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO CREDITORS
ite of first publication of this Deceased, OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF
is DECEMBER 14, 2005. THIS NOTICE OR THIRTY (30) I
File No. 2005-CP-011441-NC DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SER-
Personal Representative: Division: Probate VICE OF A COPY OF THIS
MARIA L.CONSUEGRA NOTICE ON THEM.
36 Avonside NOTICF TO CREDITORS All other creditors of the decedent
Avon, CT 06001 iThe administration of the estate of and other persons having claims or
RICHARD HAWLEY, .deceased, demands against the decedent's.
iey for Personal whose date of death was October estate, must file their claims with
sentative: 14, 2005, is pending in the Circuit this court WITHIN THREE (3)
A. Moran, P.A. Attorney Court for Sarasota County Florida, MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF
a Bar No. 320137 Probate Division; the address of THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF I
Washington Blvd which is P.O. Box 3079, Saraso- THIS NOTICE.
25A ta, FL 34230-3079. The names ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN S
ota, FL 34236 and addresses of the personal rep- THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH
hone: (941)-955-1717 resentative and the personal repre- IN SECTION 733.702 OF THE 7
h: December 14, 21, sentative's attorney are set forth FLORIDA PROBATE CODE WILL I
beloW. BE FOREVER BARRED. P
All creditors of the decedent andN'OWITHSTANDING THE TIME
HE CIRCUIT COURT FOR other persons, having claims or PERIOD SET FORTH ABOVE,
SOTA COUNTY, FLORIDA demands against decedent's ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2)
PROBATE DIVISION estate, on whom a copy of this YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE
notice is required to be served DECEDENTS DATE OF DEATH
ESTATE OF must file their claims with this Court IS BARRED.
.RD HAWLEY, WITHIN THE LATER OF THREE THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLI-
(3) MONTHS AFTER THE TIME

CITY OF VENICE
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE CITY OF VENICE PLAN-
NING COMMISSION WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON TUES-
DAY, JANUARY 17, 2006 AT 1:30 P.M., IN CITY HALL COUNCIL
CHAMBERS, 401 WEST VENICE AVENUE, VENICE, FLORIDA TO
CONSIDER REZONE PETITION NO. 05-11RZ.
To rezone the property as follows:
FROM: Sarasota County OUR
TO: Government Use (GU)
or to such other Zoning District as the City Council of Venice,
Florida, shall deem appropriate.
DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY:
2 ACRES
Knights Trail Road
PARCEL NO: 0376-00-3010
Any person who decides to appeal any decision of the Venice
Planning Commission with respect to any matter considered at
this meeting will need a record of the proceedings and, for such
purpose, may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the pro-
ceedings is made, which record Includes the testimony and evi-
dence upon which the appeal Is to be based.
All interested parties are invited to appear and be heard. Plans
and/or details are available for public Inspection at the Planning
& Zoning Department, 401 West Venice Avenue, Venice, FL
34285. Written comments filed with the Planning Commission
[c/o Planning & Zoning Department at the above address) will
be heard and considered. This public hearing may be contin-
ued from time to time.
IF YOU ARE DISABLED AND NEED ASSISTANCE, PLEASE CON-
TACT THE PLANNING & ZONING DEPARTMENT AT LEAST 24
HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING. (486-2626, EXT. 2043)
PUBLISH: DECEMBER 14, 2005

CITY OF VENICE
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE CITY OF VENICE PLAN-
NING COMMISSION WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON TUES-
DAY, JANUARY 17, 2006 AT 1:30 P.M., IN CITY HALL COUNCIL
CHAMBERS, 401 WEST VENICE AVENUE, VENICE, FLORIDA TO
CONSIDER REZONE PETITION NO.' 04-14RZ.
To rezone the property as follows:
FROM: Sarasota County OUE-1
TO: Planned Unit Development (PUD)
or to such other Zoning District as the City Council of Venice,
Florida, shall deem appropriate.
DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY:
APPROXIMATELY 155 ACRES
PARCEL NO: 0390-00-3030, 0389-00-1010, 0390-00-3010
BORDER ROAD AND 2112 BORDER ROAD
Any person who decides to appeal any decision of the Venice
Planning Commission with respect to any matter considered at
this meeting will need a record of the proceedings and, for such
purpose, may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the pro-
ceedings is made, which record includes the testimony and evi-
dence upon which the appeal Is to be based.
All Interested parties are Invited to appear and be heard. Plans
and/or details are available for public Inspection at Planning &
Zoning Department, 401 West Venice Avenue, Venice, FL
34285. Written comments filed with the Planning Commission
(c/o Planning & Zoning Department at the above address) will
be heard and considered. This public hearing may be contin-
ued from time to time.
IF YOU ARE DISABLED AND NEED ASSISTANCE, PLEASE CON-
TACT THE PLANNING & ZONING DEPARTMENT AT LEAST 24
HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING. (486-2626, EXT. 2043)

PUBLISH: DECEMBER 14, 2005

'.,

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 14, 2005 www.vencegondoUierI.comIE

OBITUARIES

VENICE GONDOLIER SUN 13A

Ruth A. Buck
Ruth Ann Buck of Venice
died Monday, Dec. 12, 2005.
She was 61.
She was born Feb. 12, 1944,
in Owasso, Mich., and moved
to Venice in 1967 from there.
She was a home health care
aide.
Survivors include a daugh-
ter, Robyn Calkins- of
Nokomis; her father, Earl Hall
of Venice; a sister, Joan
Cruizenga of Michigan; and
three grandchildren, all of
Nokomis.
Services: A memorial service

CYNTHIA FEHLMAN
VERMILYCA
Cynthia Fehlman VerMilyea, age 94,
'of Nokomis, Florida, passed away.on
December 9, 2005 at her residence.
Born July 29, 1911 in Corry, PA, she
came to Nokomis from Warren, PA
in i963. She'was a homemaker, a life
member of the order of Eastern Star
in Warren, PA and was a Lutheran.
Surviving are her son, Charles A.
VerMilyea of .Warren, PA, four
grandchildren; Charles E. & Jon K.
of Warren, PA, David A. of
Lakeland, FL and Heidi L. Casel of
Jamestown, N.Y. Five great-
grandchildren and several nieces &
nephews. She was preceded in death
by her husband, J. Allen VerMilyca
in 1981, also one grandson, Allen
Roy VerMilyea of Bradenton, FL in
2003. Two brothers, Ross &
Leighion Fehlman. There will be no
visitation or services. Burial will be
held at the convenience of the
ramili. Memorial donations may be
made to TideWell Hospice &
Pallialike Care South. 220 Wexford
Bihd.. Venice, Florida 34293. Ewing
Funeral home in Venice, Florida is
in charge of arrangements.
232595

EARL D.
MacFARLAND
Charleston (SC) Earl Duane
MacFarland. age 84, husband of
the late Kathleen (Rideout)
MacFarland, died Sunday,
December 11, 2005 the Medical
University of South Carolina.
Mr. MacFarland. son of Charles
and Catherine MNlacFarland was
born in Newark, NJ on April 27,
1921. A decorated NaJi. veteran of
World IVar II, he saA action in the
Pacific theater and served on the
USS Fletcher au Chief Petty
I Officer. Mr. MacFarland retired
from General Flectric following
more than thirlt yaait)f .riree.in
Virginia and Massachusetts. He
moved to Charleston in 1997 after
the death ol hi.ibeloned wife. in,
order to be near his daughter and
her Famild He was a member of
Blessed Sacrament Church.
Survivors include: son Earl C. and
Jeanette. (Bowman) MacFarland
and their children Iva Megan and
James Ian of Richmond, VA;
daughter Sharon (MacFarland)
'Daiiind 'John T. Day of Salem, VA,
,and their children Nathan (and his
%wife Dawn Biehler) of Wisconsin,
Caitlin of Massachusetts, and
Laura of New York; daughter
Deborah (MacFarland) Webb and;
C. Neil Webb and their children
Amie, Krissy and Peter all. of
Charleston; daughter Kathleen
(MacFarland) McArdle and her
son James of Venice, FL; son Tim
and Tammy. (Ashwe6) MacFarland
and .their children, Daniel and
Nicholas of Roanoke, VA; son Rich
and Amy (Johnson) MacFarland
and son Matthew of Forest, VA;
and dear friends Angie and Bill
Sutherland of Danvers, MA. The
ramil% %ill receive friends at the
James A. McAlister Funeral Home,
1620 Savannah Hwy., this
Wednesday, December 15, 2005
between the hours of 5:00 and 7:00
pm. A Memorial Service with
interment in Lynchburg (VA) will
take place .at a later date.
Memorials are preferred to the
American Diabetes Association
(w ww.diabetes,org,
www.diabetes.org> ) Arrangements
by Jame- A. McAlister, Inc. 766-
1365. 231702

will be held Friday, Dec. 16, at 1
p.m. at Farley Funeral Home.
Contributions: Memorial dona-
tions may be made toTidewell
Hospice and Palliative Care, 5955
Rand Blvd., Sarasota, 34238; or
to the American Cancer Society,
2801 Fruitville Road, Suite 250,
Sarasota, 34237.
Virginia L. Caudle
Virginia L. Caudle ofVenice
died Sunday, Dec. 11, 2005.
She was 85.
She was born Oct. 17, 1920,
in Albemarle, N.C., and came
to Venice in 1963 from Union

LILLIAN LEE
CORDELL,
92, formerly of Venice, FL, passed
away on Monday, December 12, 2005
in Ocoee, Florida. She was born to
the late Grover Stroud and Henrietta
Stroud on June 4, 1913 in St. Louis,
MO and lived in Venice, FL from
1954 to 2005. Mrs Cordell was a
member of First Baptist Church of
Venice, a faithful volunteer at I.H.S.
of Venice, and member of Womens
International Bowling. Survived by
her sons, Bruce Cordell and his wife
Carol Cordell of Nashville, TN and
Bill Cordell and his wife Lili Cordell
of Ocoee, FL; daughter, Nancy Lee
Cordell of Winter Garden, FL;
grandchildren, Phillip Cordell,
Cindy Cordell, Lindsay Cordell and
Hannah Cordell. A memorial service
will be held Thursday, December 15
at 4PM at St. Pauls Presbyterian
Church in Ocoee, FL. Private burial
will be in Orlando Memorial
Gardens in Ocoee, FL. Mrs. Cordell
was a loving and devoted wife,
mother and grandmother and will be
missed by friends and family, but
remembered always.
Services by COLLISION CAREY
HAND FUNERAL HOME-OCOEE,
FL 407-656-3443
232161

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City, Tenn.. She was a funeral
assistant at Farley Funeral
Home, and then in 1982
became a school crossing
guard, where she was trusted
with the children at the cor-
ner of Nokomis and Milan for
almost 20 years. She was a
member of the VFW Auxiliary
and the Police Women's
Auxiliary. She sang with the
Chancel Choir of Venice
Presbyterian Church, where
she was also a member.
Survivors include a daugh-
ter, Ann Bumette of Venice;
and three grandchildren.
Services: A memorial service
will be held Saturday, Dec. 17, at
2 p.m., at Venice Presbyterian
.Church. Farley Funeral Home is
in charge of arrangements.
Contributions: Memorial dona-
tions may be made to Venice
Presbyterian Church, 111 E.
Firenze Ave., Venice, 34285.
Harry B. Hatch
Harry Bruce Hatch of
Venice died Thursday,
Dec. 8, 2005. He was
S 85.
He was born Aug. 29,
1920, in Oak Park, Ill.,
and grew up in Quincy, Mass.
After graduating from
Northeastern University in
1942, he joined the General
Electric Company in
Bridgeport, Conn. He served.
in the U.S. Army duringWorld
War II and, after the war,
returned to General Electric.
Following various assign-
ments around the United
States, he' returned to'
Bridgeport, where he retired
in 1981 with 39 years of ser-
vice.
He was a past president of
The Patterson Club in
Fairfield, Conn., and the
Federal Excise Tax Council in
Washington, D.C.
Survivors include his wife,
Helen; .two daughters, Genie
Hatch Griffin of Chatham and
Sandra Hatch Macdonell of
Cincinnati, Ohio; a son,

Whitney of Old Orchard
Beach, Maine; a sister, Nancy
Hatch Sampson of Oneonta,
N.Y.; and four grandchildren.
Services: Interment will be pri-
vate and at the convenience of
the family, in Venice Memorial "
Gardens. A memorial service will
be held on Cape Cod at a later
date.
Robert C. Hoper
Robert Charles Hoper of
Venice died Saturday,
Dec. 10, 2005. He was
87.
He was born Nov. 16,
'1918, in Hartley, Iowa,
and moved to this area from
Spirit Lake, Iowa. He was a
blacksmith and owned a
machine shop in Iowa. He
was Presbyterian, and a
Mason and a Shriner. He
served in the Army and was a
50-year member of the
American Legion.
) Survivors include his wife
of 64 years, Vera of Venice;
three daughters, Joanne
Peterson of Mercer Island,
Wash., Julene Stoik of Sioux
City, Iowa, and Jannet
Carmichael of Reno, Nev.;
seven grandchildren; and one
great-grandchild.
Services: A memorial service
will be held at a later date in
Iowa. Farley Funeral Home is in
charge of arrangements.
Saundra R. Larsen
Saundra R. Larsen of
Venice died Friday, Dec. 9,
2005. She was 61.
She was born Oct. 22, 1944,
in Cleveland, Ohio, and was a
long-time Venice resident.
She was.an interior designer
and a member of Four Square
Church in Englewood.
Survivors include her hus-
band, Robert; a daughter,
Monique Graves of St.
Petersburg; four stepchildren;
a sister, Roberta J. Parkhuirst
of Manassas, Va.; a brother,
Thomas D. Parkhurst of
Concord, Ohio; many grand-

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grandchild.
Services: There will be a memo-
rial service on Thursday, Dec. 15,
at 7 p.m. at Venice Assembly of
God. Inurnment will be on
Sunday, Dec. 18, in the rose gar-
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Cathedral in St. Petersburg fol-
lowing a service at 2 p.m.
Eileen R. Palfrey
Eileen Rose Palfrey of
Venice died Monday, Dec. 12,
2005. She was 73.,
She was born May 30,
1932, in New York, N.Y, and
moved to Venice in 1979 from
Allendale, N.J., where she
worked for more than 15
years as a real estate agent for
Van Houten Real Estate
Agency. She was a member of
the, Fretted Instrument Guild
of America and was of the
Presbyterian faith.
Survivors include her hus-
band, Henry (Ed) of Venice; a
daughter, Heidi Reagan of
New Paltz, N.Y.; a stepson,
Edward Lee of Tallahassee;
and three grandchildren.
Services: A visitation will be
Wednesday, Dec. 14, from 2-5
p.m., with a funeral service to
follow, at Farley Funeral Home. A
graveside service and interment
will be held Friday, Dec. 16, at 1
p,m., at Florida Memorial
Cemetery in Rockledge.
Contributions: Memorial dona-
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William K. Pearce
William Kenneth Pearce of
Venice died Sunday,
Dec. 11, 2005. He was
78.
He was born May 11,
1927, in Michigan and
moved to this area 18 years
ago from New Baltimore,
Mich. He was a fixture builder
for Chrysler Corporation in
Detroit, Mich. for 18 years. He
was a U.S. Navy veteran of
World War II.,
Survivors include three
sons, David and Stephen, -
both of Venice, and Thomas
of Clinton Township, Mich.;
two daughters, Lynn Boden of
Venice and Suzette Grucz of
New Baltimore; two brothers,
Tom Roe and James Roe, both
of Houghton Lake, Mich.;
three sisters, Nancy, of Utah,
Pamela Walls of Holly, Mich.,
and Val Placky of Clearwater,
Fla.; six grandchildren; and
three great-grandchildren.
Services: A memorial service
will be held Thursday, Dec. 15,6
p.m. at Farley Funeral Home.
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After winning its first 11
games of the season, many
with ease, the North Port girls
basketball team has suddenly
hit a lull that has coach Tom
Tintor very concerned.
With junior point guard
Chelsea Johrison bothered by
an ankle sprain for the second
straight game, the Bobcats
were held scoreless by Ven-
ice for 6-1/2 minutes in the
first half.
Marisa Callaghan, the only
senior on an Indians team
that is rebuilding after losing
the Class 5A title game last
winter to Fort Lauderdale
Dillard, scored 12 points and
pulled in 13 rebounds as
Venice rolled to a 53-33 vic-
,tory Tullesday night.
"It seems that loss (a 49-42
district setback against Bay-
shore last Friday night) took
a lot of wind from our sails,"
Tintor said. "We're a different
team without Chelsea, and
tonight we did a lot of stand-
ing around."
Credit the Indians' rugged
man-to-man and zone de-
fenses for making things
difficult for the Bobcats, who
shot just 17 percent (10-of-60)
and made 25 turnovers.
"I think we came to make
a statement tonight," Venice
first-year coach George Stritz
said. "We're starting to learn
to play the passing lanes,
and we're working hard on
our man-to-man defense."
The Indians, who are with-
out injured starters Andrea
Krankoski and Natalie Gau-
dreau, used a 17-point run
overfthe first and second quar'
ters to break the game wide
open. Johnson started and
missed four shots in the first
quarter while guarded by
sophomore Diana Mehserle,
and Tintor then sat his quar-
terback for the final three
quarters.
"Diana was going to be
glued to her (Johnson)," add-.
ed Stritz. Mehserle, who fin-
ished with 7 points, also had
four steals. Samantha Worth-
ington had 9 points and
Lauren Ramey added 8 com-
ing off the bench for the
Indians, who are 6-5 overall
and take a .3-3 record into a
district battle Thursday at
Bradenton-Bayshore.
One bright spot for North
Port was .the play of Laura
Stegenga, who has missed
the last three weeks with
mononucleosis. She led the
Bobcats (11-2, 5-2) with 11
points, hitting three 3-point-
ers. Brittany Konik added 8
points for North Port.
VENICE 53, NORTH PORT 33
VENICE (53)
Callaghan 4 3-412, Lane 2 2-3 6,
Worthington 3 3-39, Menserle 3 1-2 7,
West 0 3-7 3, Ramey 3 2-2 8, Riegsecker
20-0 5, Ream 1 1-2 3,.Taylor 0 0-0 0,
Pinkerton 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 18 15-23 53.
NORTH PORT (33)
Stegenga 3 2-2 11, Johnson 0 0-0 0,
Black 0 2-2 2, Ferrence 1 0-1 3, Konik 2
3-4 8, Crowell 2 0-0 4, Burke 1 1-3 3,
Shedlock 0 0-0 0, Crosby 1 0-0 2.
TOTALS 10 8-12 33.
Venice 20 11 8 14-53
NorthPort 8 11 4 10-33
3-point goals: Venice 2 (Riegsecker,
Callaghan), North Port 5 (Stegenga 3,
Konik, Ferrence). Shooting: Venice 18 of
56 for 32 percent, North Port 10 of 60
for 17 percent. Rebounds: Venice 49
(Callaghan 13, W6rthington 10), North
Port 45 (Burke 12, Ferrence 9, Crowell 9).
Turnovers: Venice 19, North Port 25.
Total fouls (fouled out): Venice 16
(none), North Port 17 (Burke). Records:
Venice 6-5, 3-3 Class 5A-District 12;
North Port 11-2, 5-2 Class 5A-District. 12.
COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL
PLAYOFFS
GIRLS SEMIFINALS
Sarasota 32, Booker 26
Venice 30, Mclntosh 20

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the rebound against a North Port High player in Tuesday

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Wrestlers a close second at Captain Archer

Indians almost catch Palmetto Ridge as coach I -
"Kelly has lots to be-pleased about. .

BY CLAUDE LEWIS
SPORTS EDITOR

The Venice High wrestling
team almost pulled it off.
A scant four points sepa-
rated the runnerup Indians
and team champion Palmetto
Ridge in Saturday's Captain
Archer Classic held at Char-
lotte High's gym in Punta
Gorda.
Venice, coach Dan Kelly,

whose team placed seventh
in the East Lake Tournament
the. week before, was mighty
pleased how his wrestlers
improved on the mats in just
a week.
"They just did a super
job," Kelly said. "I'm proud of
the way the kids wrestled.
We didn't have anyone in the
consolation finals at East
Lake and we had five here."
The Indians were, of

Venice's Jim Foubister has a grip on Barron Collier's Matt
Graham during their 215-pound consolation match. Foubister
won 3-2 to avenge a loss via pinfall to Graham in the
semifinals earlier in the day.

SUN PHOTOS B'r CLAUDE LEWIS
Indian-Brett Nelson, top, rides Bayshore's Rodney Jules during their 160-pound title match
at the Captain Archer Classic at Charlotte High. Nelson won 15-5 and also was named the

tourney's Outstanding Wrestle

course, led by big guns Brett
Nelson (160 pounds), Jeremi.e
Cook (189) and Anthony
Saputo (275), who all took
first place at their respective
weights.
Those three also, won at
East Lake.
Lifting Venice up to the
second-place finish were the,
efforts of third-place finish-
ers Wade Consul (119),. Jon
Hodge (145) and Jim Foub-
ister (171). Trevor Goodin
(135) and Will Molthop (140)

were fourth.
Palmetto Ridge, a new
Naples-area school benefit-
ting from some talent com-
ing over from Gulf Coast
plus a strong USA Wrestling
feeder system, racked up 168,
.just enough to hold off the
Indians, who totaled 164
points. North Port was a dis-
tant third in the 16-school
field.
Palmetto Ridge had five
individual champions all
in a row spanning 112-135.

Venice dominated the up-
per weights.
Nelson, who is looking big
and bad compared to his
days at lower weights, went
3-0 to capture the 160-pound
crown. In the final, he domi-
nated Bayshore strongman
Rodney Jules, 15-5. Jules
came into the bout with a
record of 7-1.
Nelson was so impressive,
he earned the tournament's

Please see WRESTLERS 15A

VENICE HIGH

SCHOOL'S

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Venice's Trevor Goodin, right, fights for control with Barron
Collier's Ben Carter during their 135-pound third-place
consolation bout at the Captain Archer Classic.

Athlete of the Week

Boys varsity soccer goalkeeper Jason Maddams has
been out ot this world lately. He had numerous super
saves as the Indians snapped a losing streak against
Cardinal Mooney. He was again sharp in net as Venice
defeated Charlotte Thursday.

Outstanding Wrestler Award.
Cook, who was an unde-
feated state champion last
year, improved his record to
10-0 with four pins. He won
the tourney's Most Pins
Award.
Saputo was 4-0 with two
pins and two decisions. His
final was a 5-3 struggle over
Lemon Bay big boy Adam
Garlock. Saputo leads the
Indians with 11 wins..
Third-place finishers Con-
sul, Hodge and Foubister all
finished 4-1. Goodin and
Molthop were each 3-2.
Those Venice wrTestlers
not placing included Andrew
Lopez (2-2 at 103 pounds),
Casey Hayes (1-2 at 112). Tyler
Spann (2-2 at 125), Kosta
Dafoulas (2-2 at 130) and
Kyle Keefe 10-1 at 152i.
Venice will wresde its
third dual match of the sea-
son Wednesday at Lemon
Bay. The Indians will take a
2-0 record into the match.
Last year, Venice was 1-1
against the Manta Rays. The
Indians were shocked by
Lemon Bay in a match just
after the holidays. They
avenged that loss later in the
season.

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Pine Shores Trailer Park
residents have been
given notices to leave
by Aug. 30. A developer
wants to build stores
and condominiums
at the busy county
intersection.

BYJACKGURNEY
PELICAN PRESS
A developer whose project
at the busy northwest corner
of U.S. 41 and Stickney Point
Road has stalled may allow
some residents of an old
mobile home park to remain
on a month-to-month basis
after the Aug. 30 deadline if
their eviction notices has
expired.
"If our legal counsel indi-
cates it wouldn't do.anything
to invalidate the notices, we
might do that," Pine Shores
Trailer Park manager Beverly
Malouin said. "We'll take a
look at this in the spring. One
of the advantages for us
would be a temporary in-
come stream."
Park residents pay from
$225 to $375 per month for
rental lots. When winter resi-
dents return, about 130 of the
300 -trailers still on location
will be occupied. Many long-
time owners have already
handed over titles and their
empty units are marked for
demolition.
The Pelican Press reported
recently that a high-density
development that could put
500 condominium apart-
ments and 200,000 square
feet of retail stores onto the
already busy comer had run
into zoning hurdles and
might not get under way
until sometime in 2007.
\Benderson Development
Group, which owns and oper-
ates more than 250 properties
ii- 35=states. secured.all 25.
acres at the comer when it
bought the trailer park from
Tollyn and Robina Twitchell,
plus the former South Key
Shell service station.
.-In late: September, the
: county commission' and its
legal advisors blocked com-
prehensive plan changes that
would clear the way for Ben-
derson to pursue its develop-
ment plan. Now it will have
to apply for a comprehensive
plan change and, possibly, a
special height exception.
Halted
Problems for the developer
surfaced during a lengthy
comprehensive plan update
exercise the commission and
staff go through every seven
years. The intersection was
tentatively designated for in-
clusion in the plan 'as a
commercial center.
When the 'commission
didn't approve a revised map
of the comer, and the county
attorneys office advised that
commercial .and high dens-
ity residential development
couldn't proceed without a
comprehensive plan amend-
Sment, a construction schedule
fialted.
The Twitchells never made

a secret of their plans to even-
tually sell off Pine Shores
Trailer Park. In 1985, they
advised mobile home owners
who rented spaces that the
valuable parcel would event-
ually be 'developed to its
highest and best use.

"Now we're trying to get
our renters moved," Malouin
explained. "Many of them
have no place to go. The
public housing authority has
them on a list. We may have
a more difficult time with
renters than our residents

who own their own units.
Many of them are already
gone."
On July 18, 2003, the clock
began to tick on the park's
demise when another devel-
oper Christopher C. Cogan
- signed a letter of intent to

pay the Twitchells $16.5 mil-
lion for the property. Ben-
derson eventually came into
the deal and acquired the
entire northwest quadrant.
"Our worry is that some
owners will abandon units
without surrendering titles,"

Malouin said. "If they do, it
takes months to get posses-
sion. It's even worse when
they move to Canada. We're
also concerned about a man
who has lived here since the
'40s. This will be tough on
him."

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New information could alter Siesta sidewalk project

,BY JACK GURNEY.
, PELICAN PRESS

New information that
.could influence the overall
, design of a Sarasota County
project to provide 5.2 miles of
Siesta Key sidewalks may lead

to significant changes along
Midnight Pass Road and por-
tions of Higel Avenue near the
Out-of-Door Academy.
On Dec. 5, county public
works officials held an infor-
mal meeting at the Siesta Key
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was attended by about 40 res-
idents who learned firsthand
about the project, including
some opposed to portions of,
it.
"It was a very positive
meeting," said Dennis Ledo,
the county's project manager.

"There was a lot of emotion,
but it was very -well con-
trolled. The project has a
great deal of support, but
there are many people
opposed. I don't believe one
necessarily overshadows the
other."

Two factors could lead to a
change in the project design:
1) A Florida Department of
Transportation project to
resurface Midnight Pass Road
and stripe both paved shoul-
ders for bicycle lanes; and 2)
the Out-of-Door Academy's

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3) Mangrove Point Road from
Higel Avenue to Midnight
Pass Road; and 4) Ocean
Boulevard from Siesta Key.
Village to Treasure Boat Way.

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long-range plans.
"If the state's project takes
place in 2007 or 2008, it could
be sufficient," Ledo said, "and
--the Out-of-Door Academy's
future plans are very impor-
tant. The current location of
the school was influential in
getting this project elevated to
the design stage."
Complex
In 1996, the Out-of-Door
Academy opened a new high
school on 60 acres at Lake-
wood Ranch. Two years later,
it expanded the new campus
to accommodate seventh-
and eighth-grade students.
About 360 elementary school
students still remain at the
historic Siesta Key facility.
About 200 Siesta Key resi-
dents have signed a petition
that encourages the comple-
tion of a bicycle path network
and suggests that an existing
sidewalk along Midnight Pass
Road is sufficient for pe-
destrian traffic. Some of them
attended Monday's meeting.
The project is modeled on
what the county calls a
Regional Sidewalk Network
Prioritization Plan. It is sup-
posed to provide networks
instead of disconnected side-
walk segments, make the best
use of available funds and
provide sidewalks to schools.
On Dec. 6, county commis-
sioner Nora Patterson a
Siesta Key resident who
attended the
meeting -
said the side-
walk issues
are complex.
.." I don't
know what to
do about Mid-
night Pass
Road," she
said. "I might Patterson
want to look
at other areas where there are
no bike paths and sidewalks."
SCounty Administrator Jim
Lev said the
-project is in
the early de-
sign stage.
"It's not un-
usual when
ve're working
in someone
else's jurisdic-
tion (the state's
road right of Ley
way) that
they're repaving cycle is out of
tick with our planning" he said.
Somneplace else?
On July 26, the county
commission unanimously
approved a $361,400 contract
for the design of 5.2 miles of
Siesta Key sidewalks, plus
eight bus stops with shelters
to keep public bus passengers
out of the sun and rain while
they wait for rides.
"If they (the Florida De-
partment of Transportation)
are going to build bicycle
limanes n Mid-
night Pass
Road, could
we just put
the money
someplace
else where a
sidewalk is
needed?"
commission-
er David Mills Mills
asked. "There
is a sidewalk there now."
Ley suggested the project is
an opportunity to take the
incomplete sidewalk and
bicycle path system already
on Siesta Key and expand it
into a completed network
that provides safety for bikers
and pedestrians along busy
roadways.
There is no construction
date for the project. DMK As-
sociations Inc. has a $361,400
contract to design a sidewalk
along one side of Siesta Drive,
Higel Avenue and Midnight
Pass Road all the way from the
north bridge to Beach Road.
In addition, it will design
sidewalks along: 1) Higel Ave-
nue from Midnight Pass Road
south to Treasure Boat Way; 2)
Treasure Boat Way from Higel
Avenue to Ocean Boulevard;

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reservations to the caviar tast-
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Also happening'this month
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beach, spa and golf facilities.
The Venice Symphony is
too popular for its own good.
It has had to add a fourth per-
formance of its holiday con-
cert. The additional perfor-
mance, which includes
"Festival Overture" by Drmitri
Shostakovich. "Jingle Bells
Forever" by John Philip Sousa,
"Skater's Waltz" by Emil
Waldteufel. "Stille Nacht" by
Franz Gruber. "Hanukkah
Festival Overture" by Lucas
Richman, several dances
from "The Nutcracker." and
other music of the season, will
be Thursday, Dec. 15. at 8 p.m.
Tickets are $20 per person,
open seating. The concerts
are at Church of the
Nazarene, 1535 E. Venice Ave.
Call the Symphony office
(488-1010) for tickets.
Children throughout the
Sarasota and Manatee area
will once again attend perfor-
mances of the Asolo Theatre
Company's production of
Charles A. Dickens' "A
Christmas Carol" during
December thanks to the Tiny
Tim Fund, a benevolent fund
dedicated to sharing the
magic of live theatre with
underprivileged children.
The children who attend
the play on behalf of the fund
come from area foster homes
and youth groups such as
The Boys and Girls Clubs of
Sarasota and Mlanatee coun-
ties, Girls Inc. of Sarasota
'County, Just for Girls and Big
Brothers Big Sisters of the Sun
Coast. The Tiny Timn Fund was
started by a young actor
named Chris Keller who played
the original Tiny Tim in the
Asolo production of "A
Christmas Carol." The fund is
carried on by a new generation
of young actors and the Asolo
staff. The Asolo donates most
of the cost for each ticket, with
the Tiny Tim Fund contribut-
ing $15 for each child.
Contributions to the
Asolo's 2005 Tiny Tim Fund
will come from some likely

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Father Jerry Hogan, the "Circus Priest," came from is church in
North Landover, Mass., to deliver the invocation before the
statue dedication.

Gunther Gebel-

Williams tatue was

a our-year project

STORY BY KIM COOL FEATURES EDITOR
F our years after his death, Gunther Gebel-
Williams received the biggest honor ever
bestowed on a Venice resident.
A larger-than-life-size bronze statue depicting
the former star of dithe Ringling Bros. and Barnum
& Bailey Circus and long-time Venice resident
was dedicated Dec. 5 at the restored Venice Train

PHOTOS ,r HEIDI ADAMS COOL
The completed statue of circus star Gunther Gebel-Williams is the first piece of public art to be
installed in Venice. It was dedicated Dec. 5, more than four years after it was suggested by
former Venice Gondolier Sun Editor Doug Bolduc.

known throughout the \voild
Sigrid Gebel accepts a proclamation from Venice Mayor Dean Calamaras declaring Dec. 5 foi his blond hail, glitzy cos-
Gunther Gebel-Williams Day in the city. times and infectious smile.

SUN PHOTO BY JENNIFER WALCHOK
Micah Utley-Powell, 2, with Barn Manager Sue Butler of the
Smith Center. Micah is participating in hippotherapy, which
helps the child respond to the horse's movement to improve
his own movement and balance.

The W T. Sampson Smith
Center for Therapeutic Riding,
-in Nokomis needs volunteers
for their Monday-morning,
educational horseback-riding
program and the Special
Olympics Equestrian Team at
1621 Ranch Road in Nokomis.
Training takes place at the
center Monday, Jan. 2, 3-4

Update on the Management of Depression
and Bipolar Disorder
Joseph Calabrese, MD, Professor of Psychiatry
Case Western Reserve University
Treatment Algorithms: Implications for
Improving Outcomes with Depressed Patients
John Rush, MD, Professor of Psychiatry
University of Texas
Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS) A Novel
Approach to Severe Mood Disorders
John O'Reardon, A-.sistant Professor of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania

Community Center hold a
holiday dance at 7:30 p.m. at
326 S. Nokomis Ave.. Music
by the Troubadours Band.
Tickets: $5 at the door. Ice,
cups and napkins provided.
No shorts. Call Vera at 484-
5985 to reserve for six or
more.
JPL family night
Jacaranda Public Library
holds its second annual
Family Cookie Decorating
Night at 6:30 p.m. in the Youth
Activity Room at 4143 Wood-
mere Park Blvd. Cookie
crafters of all ages can deco-
rate their own gingerbread
boy or girl cooking with icing,
sprinkles and other decora-
tions. All are welcome.
Concerts
* The Venice Symphony:
opens its 2005-06 season with
a holiday concert at 8 p.m.,
Dec. 15-17, and at 4 p.m., Dec.
17, at the Venice Church of
the Nazarene, 1535 E. Venice
Ave. Tickets are $16-$23.
Maestro Wesley John Schu-
macher opens the concert

* Tony Onorato and his
Gentlemen of Jazz perform
in the Gazebo at Centennial
Park in downtown Venice.
Bring a lawn chair and listen
to great jazz, Thursdays, 2-4
p.m. Admission is free. Mu-
sicians welcome. Call 423-
9270.
* The Billy Rice Band per-
forms at Cocktails at the Ca
d'Zan, 6-9 p.m. on the ter-
race at the John & NMable
Ringling Museum of Art, 5401
Bay Shore Road in Sarasota.
Cover charge: $5, cash bar
and food vendors. Free park-
ing. Call 359-5700.
Women's club
The Jacaranda Women's Club
meets for a buffet luncheon
at 11:30 a.m. at the Jacaranda
West Country Club, 1901
Jacaranda Blvd., Venice. The
Harbor Isles Tap Dancers per-
form. Lunch is $12. All Venice-
area women welcome. RSVP
to Dorothy at 497-3921.
Arts meeting
Members of the Arts and
Culture Alliance and The

TOYS FOR TOTS 2005 DISTRIBUTION DAY
The Marine Corps League, Gulf Coast Detachment Toys for Tots
Drive for 2005 has serviced more than 1,000 needy children
through 15 charitable agencies. Toy distribution day is for children
and families who have not received a toy via another agency. The
last day for agency signup is Thursday, Dec. 15.
Toy distribution takes place noon-3 p.m. (or until toys are
gone), Sunday, Dec. 18, at Disabled American Veterans Hall, 600
Colonia Lane in Nokomis. Refreshments will not be served.
Children must be accompanied by a parent to receive a gift.

with Festival Overture by
Dmitri Shostakovich and
favorites by Sousa, W.Valdteu-
fel, Gruber and more. Call
488-1010.
* The Cecilian Music Society
of Venice invites the public
to a free concert at 11 a.m. at
Venice Public Library. 300 S.
Nokomis Ave. The program
features the Encore Ensemble
under the direction of Toni
Samsel.
* Deborah Berioli performs a
concert for the Venice Opera
Guild at 7:30 p.m., Thursday,
Dec. 29, at the Venice Church
of the Nazarene, 1535 E.
Venice Ave. Berioli, principal
artist in residence with die
Opera San Jose in California,
will be accompanied by
pianist Lee Dougherty-Ross.
Tickets are $25 and are avail-
able at the Paper Pad on
Venice Avenue, by calling
474-4472, or send a stamped,
self-addressed envelope to
VOG, RO. Box 2233, Venice,
34284, by Dec. 15.

North Port Art Guild meet 4-6
p.m. at the North Port Library,
13800 Tamiami Trail. The
Sarasota Season of Sculpture
features artist Vicky Randall.
Refreshments served; guests
of members welcome. Call
Erica Williams at 408-7349.
Diversity
SCOPE leads a meeting at
11:30 a.m. at the Center for
Arts and Humanity, 1226.
North Tamiamni Trail, Sara-
sota. Collaborative work
continues as diversity and
inclusion-focused advocacy
groups in Sarasota County
work toward building
stronger relationships. Lunch
provided. RSVP to 365-8751.
Cattery sale
The Cattery Thrift Store of St.
.Francis Animal Rescue holds
a pre-Christmas sale, Dec. 15-
17 at Jacaranda Plaza, 1651
South U.S. 41 Bypass. All
items in the store will be sold
for.50 percent off. The store

3B:
WEDNESDAY'
DEC. 14,2005-

Jacaranda .Blvd., Venice.
Program by The Harbor Isles,
Tap Dancers. Lunch is $12.
RSVP to Dorothy at 497-3921..
All area women welcome.

DIma

Cattery Sale

GRAPHIC COURTESY OF SFARI
The Cattery Thrift Store of St. Francis Animal Rescue
holds a pre-Christmas sale, Dec. 15-17 at Jacaranda Plaza,
1651 South U.S. 41 Bypass. All items in the store will be
sold for 50 percent off. The store is open Monday
through Saturday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. and offers, in addition to
great prices, weekly specials and a bagful of clothing for
$3. If you have a few hours a week to spare, come and
help at the store or at St. Francis Animal Rescue. New vol-
unteers are needed and most welcome. The Cattely tele-
phone number is 492-6210.

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What do Jesus Christ, Eva
Peron, Jackie Robinson, Rosa
Parks and the Spanish mis-
sionary Bartolome de las
Casas.have in common? They
are all titles of projects sub-
mitted by Mr. Bone's world
history students who partici-
pated in the Venice High
School history fair Dec. 2.
The national theme of the
history fair this year is, "Tak-
ing a stand in History: People,
Ideas, Events."
The top two winners in the
-exhibit category are Ashley
Ojeda and Maggie Pinkham
in first place, and Lauren
Keane and Daiana Lambrecht
in second place.
In the demonstration cate-
gory, Brian' Doyle and Wade
Swikle received first-place
and Kate Hagen and Rachel
Perry came in second.
In the historical paper cat-
egory, Chris Diaz came in first
and Kayla Willis second.
Rodney Piatt won first place
in the performance category.
Third-place winners in-
clude: Logan Obermeier,
Margaret Schwartz, Paige
Stamper and Danae Haviland
in the exhibit category, and
Zack Montabano in the his-
torical paper category.
Approximately 90 students'
participated in the event. The
students selected their means
of presentation from the cate-
gories of exhibits, demonstra-
tions, historical research pa-
per, or performance.
The top three finishers in
each category will compete in
the Sarasota district history
fair this spring with the win-
ners having the opportunity
to compete in the state fair in
Tallahassee, and from there
possibly participating in the
National Day competition.

PHOTOS COURTESY OF VENICE HIGH SCHOOL
Ashley Ojeda (left) and Maggie Pinkham took first-place in the VHS history fair for their exhibit,
"Jesus Christ the man who split time."

Daiana Lambrecht (left) and Lauren Keane came in second place for their exhibit on Eva Peron.

5B
WEDNESDAY
DEC. 14,2005

CLASS ACTS BRIEFS

Who's Who honors Appel
Amelia Appel, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Appel of
Venice, has been selected by
Palm Beach Atlantic Univers-
ity as one of the 'country's
most outstanding campus
leaders.
A campus nomination
committee, along with edi-
tors of Who's Who Among
Students in American Uni-
versities and Colleges; has
included Appel in the 2006
edition. This honor is award-
ed to students displaying out-
standing achievements in
scholarly endeavors, as well
as participating and exercis-
ing leadership in extracurric-
ular aci\ities.
Appel joins an elite group
of students selected from
institutions of higher learning
throughout the United States.
CMHS exam schedule
Cardinal Mooney- High
School will administer its
placement exam Saturday,
Jan. 7, 2006, 8-11:30 a.m. This
exam is required for all in-
coming ninth-graders wish"
ing to enroll at CMNHS in fall
2006.
The registration fee is $20,
payable in advance, or on the
day of the exam. To register,
call, 371-4917, or e-mail
blees@cmhs-sarasota.org.
The registration form can
be downloaded at cmhs-sara-
sota.org under Admissions.
Cardinal Mooney High
School is a Catholic college
preparatory high school,
open to people of all faiths
and backgrounds.
ASSE seeking
representatives
ASSE International Stu-
dent Exchange Programs is
looking for enthusiastic peo-
ple in the community who
like working with young peo-
ple and learning about differ-

ent cultures to become area
representatives.
When you become an
ASSE area representative, you
provide a valuable opportuni-
ty to outstanding high school
exchange students who want
to experience the American
way of life.
By finding good homes for
these students with local fam-
ilies, you bring an interna-
tional flavor to the neighbor-
hood and local high school.
You will also be able to offer
American teens study abroad
programs.
Area representatives re-
ceive training, are reimbursed
for expenses, and enjoy
friendships with people from
all over the world. Call (800)
473-0696 or (352) 799-8556
for information.
Knight Historical Essay
Contest seeks submissions
The SaraMana Chapter of
Sons of American Revolution
announces its sponsorship of
the. George and Stella Knight
American. History Essay
Contest. The contest is open
to all local high school sopho-
mores, juniors and seniors
and addresses some' person,
event or ideal associated with
the Revolutionary War, the
Declaration of Independence,
or the drafting of the U.S.
Constitution. Deadline for
submission of essays is
Thursday, Jan. 5,2006.
The cash awards are signif-
icant: local contest, $250,
$150 and $100; Florida state
contest, $1,000, $600 and
$300; national contest,
$3,000, $2,500 and $1,000.
Information and rules are
available at local high school
history departments or from
Robert E. King, MD, History
Essay Contest Chair, 4630 60th
St. East, Bradenton, 34203,
(941) 746-7819, kingranch-
man@earthlink.net.

Epiphany Cathedral
School fifth-graders were
excited to graduate from the'
Drug Abuse Resistance Ed-
ucation program. Many of the
students gave speeches about
what they learned in the pro-
gram and all of them received
a diploma.
DARE teaches children
from kindergarten through
high school not just to refuse
drugs, but how to refuse

drugs.
This is done through edu-
cation. Sarasota County
DARE' officer, Detective Kas-
per, visits the school weekly,
In a classroom setting; the
students are taught how to
refuse drugs and alcohol.
S, The students wore their
DARE shirts to the gradua-
tion, which included a special
cake and punch reception
with their parents. The cele-
bration was enjoyed by the
parents and students.

IVMS annual Fall Festival a huge success

STAFF REPORT

Island Village Montessori
School recently held its annu-
al Fall Festival. This year the
fair featured a petting zoo,
pony rides, a bounce house, a
hay ride, games and an arts
and crafts sale.
IVMS families joined to-
gether for a day of fun, music
and food and at the same
time raised a lot of money to
support the school.
Thanks to the help and
support of Fall Festival presi-
dent Michelle McLean, the
Parent Association Board of
Directors, the CASA reps, and
the hundreds of sponsors and
volunteers, the event raised
more than $5,000. IVMS has
several possible projects in
mind 'for these proceeds,
such as upgrading its shade
awning and purchasing more
picnic tables.
The final decisions will be
made by the Parent As-
sociation, IVMS administra-
tion and the IVMS board of
directors, who meet in De- The petting zoo was a hit at IVMS's annual Fall Festival.
member. Classroom teachers ed by selling art work and money for their classrooms"
and students also participat- other creative objects to raise Each classroom earned $50-

VCS students to embark on

wetlands research

'STAFF REPORT

Venice Christian School
recently received a Splash
mini-grant' through the
Southwest Florida Water
Management District.
There are approximately
2.5 acres of wetlands located.
on the school's campus,
which afford the opportunity
for an outdoor classroom
learning environment.
Students will research the
different species and flora
and learn about the condi-

tions conducive for optimum
growth and continued health.
Also, due to the Center Road.
widening project, students
will investigate the hazards of
building next to wetlands and
employ critical thinking skills
relating possible contami-
nants to harmful effects on
the environment.
Each class will visit its own
designated parcel of land
weekly to document findings
through photos, lab journals,
drawings and other recorded
observations.

Middle school students
will partner with elementary
grades to assist with micro-
scopic investigations' and
other learning skills.
Students will seek to devel-
op safeguards to protect the
health and integrity of the
refuge and to secure the wet-
lands.
'Support will be provided
through Project Wet, Project
Learning Tree and the County
Extension office. Findings will
be sent on to the District's
Watershed manager's office.

After next week, the Class Acts page
will not appear again until January due
to the Christmas and holiday vacation.

(;LASS ACTS BBIEF$

6B VENICE GONDOLIER SUN WEDNESDAY, DEC. 14, 2005

PHOTO COURTESY OF BRANDI WELGE

1ST BIRTHDAY

Welge

Symantha Welge celebrat-
ed her first birthday Saturday,
Nov. 12, 2005. Her parents
are Josh and Brandi Welge,
and she is the sister of 3-
year-old Colynn.
Symantha's grandparents
are Lynn and Anne Taylor of

Nokomis, Fla., and Teresa
and Ran Crawley of Engle-
wood, Fla.
Her great-grandparents are
Dorothy Taylor of North Port,
Fla., Judy and Jim Howell of
Bradenton, Fla., and Mildred
Thomas of Dayton, Ohio.

PHOTO COURTESY OF KRISTIN TAYLOR
ENGAGEMENT

Taylor-Parks.

Rev. and Mrs. Daniel Cole
of Englewood, Fla., announce
the engagement of their,
daughter, Kristin Elisabeth
Taylor of Venice, Fla., to
Kenneth Allen Parks of North
Port, Fla. He is the son of
Jeffrey and Nina Parks.
The bride-elect is a 1997
graduate of Lemon Bay High
Schbol and a 2001 graduate
of Southeastern College in
Lakeland, Fla. She majored

in business management
and is employed by Publix in
Venice as a team leader.
The bridegroom-to-be is a
1995 graduate of Venice High
School and the Montana
Wilderness School of the
Bible, where he majored in
Bible. He is employed by
Shipps Construction in North
Port as a job supervisor.
The wedding will take
place March 31, 2006.

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E-NGAGEMENT,

Olsen-Rezac

The engagement .of Alicia
Jean Olson of Venice, Fla., to
Christopher Robert Rezac of
Tampa, Fla., has been an-
nounced. She is the daughter.
of Stacie Marcott and the
late Brian Olson Sr. of Venice.
He is the son of David and
Barbara Rezac of Tampa.
The bride-elect is a 2000
graduate, of Venice High
School and a 2004 graduate
of the University of South
Florida in Tampa. She

majored in psychology and is
employed by Hillsborough
Kids Incorporated in Tampa
as a records specialist.
The bridegroom-to-be is a
2001 graduate of Robinson
High and a 2004 graduate
of Hillsborough Community
College Fire Academy. He is
employed by Option One
Mortgage in Tampa as an
appraisal assistant.
The wedding will take
place Jan. 21, 2006.

PHOTOS
Now that the Venice Gondolier Sun has a new press and increased
capabilities, we're able to print more pages in color. We will still be
accepting your photographs in black and white, but feel free to
send your color photos in to us, too. E-mail your special photos to:
dshulman@'venicegondolier.com.

MILITARYNEWS

Fetterman enlists
Civilian David M.
Fetterman, son of Patricia A,
Wayman of Venice, Fla. and
James C. Fetterman of
Sarasota, Fla., recently enlist-
ed in the United States Navy
under the Delayed Entry
Program at Navy Recruiting
District, Denver, Colo.
The program allows

recruits to enter the Navy and
take up to one year to com-
plete prior commitments
such as high school. Using
recruiters as mentors, this
program helps recruits ease
into the transition from civil-
ian to military life. ,
Fetterman will report for'
Please see MILITARY, 9B

D a. IDnl ah os a
STERILIZATION AND INFECTION CONTROL
You may not be aware that sterilization and other infection control
precautions takes place in your dentist's office because many of these
procedures occur, out.of your view.
All dental staff involved in patient care use protective garb, such as
gloves, and sometimes masks and eyewear. After each patient visit, the
gloves are discarded, hands are washed and a new pair of gloves is
used for the next patient. Virtually all dentists sterilize their handpiece
(drill) between patients. Items, such as needles and saliva ejectors,
cannot be sterilized and are discarded in special containers.
Dental instruments are cleaned and sterilized at very high
temperatures after each time they are used on a patient. Sterilization
methods include: and autoclave (steam under pressure), a dry heat
Soven or chemical vapor (commonly called a chemiclave). The
sterilization equipment is not in the treatment room, but if you'd like to
see how and where it's done, ask the dental staff to show you.

Hello. My name's J.J., and
I'm an icrecreamaholic.
I eat ice cream every day.
Once I start eating ice cream,
I cannot stop until it is all
gone.
And then, I want more.
I really wish I were joking
about this. Unfortunately, I
developed this high-caloried
habit about four months ago
right after I quit smoking
cigarettes. I must consume at
least a pint of ice cream every
night after work, or else I'm
jittery, restless and have trou-
ble falling asleep.
My desire to keep eating
overpowers my knowledge
eating this much ice cream is
bad for me.
This definitely sounds like
a case, for Ice Cream
Anonymous, and I could be
its first member working the
road to recovery.
Mr. Competitive
Eating all of this ice cream
hasn't been a problem, thank-
fully, because I continue
training with the Venice
Runners Group three times a
week and I'm happy with my
weight. I average 35 miles of
jogging every week, so allc
these excess calories are
'burned off. . "
But there's a difference
between -"healthy weight"
and "racing weight," and right
now I'm zeroing in on achiev-
ing my old high school racing
weight which is a little
more than 10 pounds and 15
,years removed from where I
am today.
Mr. Competitive the
alter-ego0to J.J. Andrews -
ran his fastest half-marathon
everDec. 4, and now he wants
Sto run even faster by Naples
Half-Marathon on Jan. 22. Mr.
Competitive's ego is pushing
him to show off because he
knows nearly every friend
from the VRG also will be run-
ning the Naples race.
Not quite two weeks ago,
Mr. Competitive went out
and averaged 8 minutes, 16
seconds a mile on Brandon's
13.1-mile course light
years ahead of how he
thought he could NEVER
return to running faster than
9 minutes per mile, like he did
in high school. /
So Mr. Comrnpetiddve is get-
ting greedy, thinking he can '
average sub-8 per mile five'
weeks from now.

Question of calories
Mr. Competitive's training
and weekly mileage is about
as fine-tuned as it's going to
get before the Naples race. It's
down to a question of calories
in order to shed a few pounds.
I've kept a food journal the
past two months and discov-
ered I average between 3,500-
4,000 calories every day. Out.
of that, between 1,000-1,500
is made up of ice cream.
Breyers ice cream is the
principle offender, especially
strawberry or 'All That &
Caramel" flavors. I was going
through one of those contain-
ers (1.75 quarts) every other
day. There's 160 calories per
half cup of the caramel ice
cream, meaning I was eating
about 1,120 calories a night.
I tried to cut back by eating
the Edy's Slow-Churned ice
cream, which has less calo-
ries. I continued eating the
large amounts every night,
equaling about 770 calories.
To my horror, I often ate
even more because I was eat-
ing "light" ice cream.
The next trick I tried to deal
with my ice cream addiction
was to buy no more than one
pint at a time.
All this succeeded in doing
was helping the clerks at the
island Publix to get to know
me, because I'm running in
there every night just.before
closing to grab another pint.
I'm like some guy with a bad
case of the shakes rushing off
to a liquor store.
And eating by the pint is
expensive! Those things cost
$3.50-plus when they're hot-
on sale.

COURTESY PHOTO

Saturday walkabout group reaches milestone on the VWP path.

On top of that, the calorie
counts are twice as much per
half cup, and I always wind
up eating the entire pint.
* Here are my top four pint-
sized offenders.
Dove, Toffee Caramel
Moment 320 calories per
half cup, total of 1,280 per
pint (yummy).
Dove, Give In To Mint -
310 calories per half cup, total
1,240 per pint (very
Christmasy).
Godiva, White Chocolate
Raspberry 260 calories per
half cup, total of 1,040 per
pint (quite decadent).
Haagen-Dazs, Strawberry
- 250 calories per half cup,
total of 1,000 per pint (the
best strawberry ice cream
there is).
A million times before
today I've sworn off ice cream
forever.
. And a million times more,
I've relapsed.
So I've given up swearing
off forever, because that never
works.
Instead, I've decided to
give up eating ice cream just
one day at a time during the
next five weeks as I prepare
for the Naples Half-
Marathon.
But once I cross that finish
line Jan. 22, all bets are off and
I'm headed to the first ice
cream shop I can find.
Back of the Pack is a week-
ly running column appear-
ing every Wednesday. Send
running-related e-mails to
Assistant Editor J.J. Andrews
at: jandrews@venicegondo-
lier.com.

that morning's walk. Each
route is 2.5 miles in length,
but walkers can select a
shorter route, and set your
own pace. Incentive awards
are presented to those
reaching 10, 50, 75 and 100
miles.
Awards include T-shirts,
towels, mugs, caps, etc.,
which are provided by
Venice Area Beautification,
Inc., Venice Area Chamber
of Commerce,. South
CountyYMCA and the Gulf

Coast Community Foun-
dation ofVenice.
In honor of the occasion,
refreshments were served
courtesy of the Gulf Coast
Community Foundation of
Venice.
Anyone who enjoys an
invigorating walk in the
cool of the morning, meet-'
ing new friends and
improving their health, is
welcome. And yes, pets on
leashes and babies in
strollers are also welcome.

FITNESS BRIEFS

Race calendar
Here's a roundup of area
road running and triathlon
races:
Manatee River Run 5-
Miler -At 8:30 a.m. Saturday,
Dec. 31, this race sponsored
by the Bradenton Runners
Club starts at Emerson Point
Park, Snead Island, Palmetto.
Registration starts at 7:30 a.m.
Register early for your race
shirt and big post race party

with tons of food and door
prizes. Visit
ManateeRiverRun.com for
registration forms.
Naples Half-Marathon -
This 13.1-mile race starts at 7
a.m. Sunday, Jan. 22, in
Cambier Park, Naples, and is
a favorite of many area run-
ners. Cost is $35, and the
deadline to register is Jan. 10.
This tends to be a big race,
especially since there will be

$15,000 worth of cash prices.
Go online to naplenews.com
to download an entry form or
contact George Dondanville
by,phone at (239) 434-9786 or'
e-mail george21050@com-
cast.net. The Venice Runners
Group also plans to carpool
down the day of the race, so e-
mail jandrews@venicegondo--
lier.com if you're in search of
transportation or training
partners.

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Each Saturday morning
at 8 a.m., a group of walkers
assemble at the Venetian
Waterway Parking lot along
Golf Drive behind the Gulf
Coast Community Foun-
dation ofVenice.
Dec. 3, the group cele-
brated a special milestone
by having logged a total of
1,000 cumulative miles.'
Each week one of four dif-
ferent routes is selected for

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it difficult to explore the full possi-
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hand to contract for 10 tricks on his
own and, as long as partner does not
have two fast heart losers, slam
should be here. Raise to five spades.
That asks partner to go to six with
second-round heart control and to
cue-bid with first-round control.
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if there is no spade fit, there might
be one in diamonds and there is a
safe haven at no trump. Bid four dia-
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from partner but respect a second
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that you have so far shown a mini;-
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unbalanced and so unsuited to a no-
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strength accurately. Start by making
a temporizing bid in your'heart fiag-
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the next round: Bid three hearts.
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VENUE from page 38
To your health
The Venice City Hall Pul-
monary Support Group
meets Thursdays at I p.m. at
401 W. Venice Ave. For more
information, call Gail at
497-5347 or city hall at 486-
2626..

U.S. Navy and the Japan
Maritime Self-Defense Force
(JMSDF). Two U.S. subma-
rines, 10 U.S. Navy ships
and 49 JMSDF ships partici-
pated in a series of wartime
exercises to observe and
improve mission interoper-
ability.
USS Kitty Hawk is the first
of the supercarrierss" com-
missioned April 29, 1961.
Carriers like USS Kitty Hawk
are deployed throughout the
world to maintain U.S. pres-
ence and provide rapid re-
sponse in time of crisis.
The ship serves as a highly

visible deterrent to would-be
aggressors and is equipped
with, the most versatile and
powerful weapons and air-
craft available.
. Findak is a 2001 graduate
of Venice High School and
joined the Navy in November
2002.
Rouvet arrives for duty
Air Force Chief Master
Sgt. E. J. Rouvet has arrived
for duty at Hurlburt Field,
Fort Walton Beach, Fla.
Rouvet is a fire and emer-
gency services superintendent
assigned to the 16th Special

Operations Wing. He has 28.
years of military service.
He is the son of Marijane
D. Rouvet of Venice, Fla., and
nephew of Eileen Dvorak of
Piscataway, N.J.
His wife, Karlyn, is the
daughter of Frank G. and
Carolynn Maher of Hampden
Drive, Tampa, Fla.
The chief master sergeant
is a 1977 graduate of North
Plainfield High School, N.J.,
and received an associate
degree in 1991 from the
Community College of the
Air Force, McChord Air Force
Base, Tacoma, Wash.

and unlikely places..
Corporate sponsor, Harris
Trust; will provide $2,500 of
the total collected. The
remaining donations will
come from patrons who place
money in lobby collection
boxes, corporate gifts, Asolo'
staff, and donated stipends
from cast members like 12-
year-old Anthony, DeNiro
(who plays young Scrooge),
following in the footsteps of
Chris Keller. Keller, at age 9,
initiated the Tiny Tim Fund
by donating his paycheck.
Additionally, theater dona-
tions can be made in honor of
'someone oras a holiday gift.
For information on mak-
ingcontrifutions to the Tiny
Tim Fund, contact Susan,
Melum at 351-9010, Ext. 4808.
To learn more ,about. the
Asolo's other programs for
children, call Asolo Education
Director Carrie Mills at 941-
351-9010, Ext. 3320.
Our Lady of Lourdes
Catholic Church will sponsor a
10-day Parish Tour of Italy
and Sicily. next May with
stops at Sorrento, Pompeii,
the Amalfi Drive, Amalfi,
Naples) SanS : Giovanni
Rotondo,- Loreto and Rome.
The tour price, including
roundrip air from Fort Myers
is $2,529 per person double
occupancy or $3,079 for sin-

gles.
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Heritage Holidays at
Historic Spanish Point features
traditional holiday decora-
tions in the pioneer. Guptill
House, beautiful White
Cottage, and the picturesque
Mary's Chapel. Guided tours
daily of the 30-acre environ-
mental, archaeological and
historic site overlooking Little
Sarasota Bay. Also, "Living
History" dramas on Saturday
and Sunday afternoons, Dec.
3-4 and 10-11.
Visit on Saturday morning,
Dec. 3, to see antique auto-
mobiles from the Horseless
Carriage Club. The museum
is located at 337 N. Tamiami
Trail, Osprey, and is open
Monday Saturday, 9 a.m.-5
p.m.; Suniday noon 5 p.m.
For more information call
966-5214 or visit our Web site
at historicspanishpoint.org.
Zane Lalani, author of
"Teenagers Guide To The

Beatles," will host a discussion
about the famous mop-head-
ed foursome, Dec. 17, from
noon-1 p.m. at the Florida
International Museum in St.
Petersburg. Lalani will discuss
a variety of topics, including
the difficulties of being a
young Beatles fan. The special
appearance is in conjunction
with the popular exhibit The
Beatles! Backstage and
Behind the Scenes, appearing
at FIM through Jan. 7.
"Teenagers Guide To The
Beatles" probes many of the
controversies, ,myths, and
mysteries surrounding one of
the most popular and influen-
tial musical groups in history,
and highlights the hot-button
issues of particular interest to
preteen and teenage readers.
"Teenagers Guide To The
Beatles" will be for- sale at a
special exhibit price of $19.95.
As part of a holiday special,
children are admitted free to
FIM ;on each Saturday and
Sunday through the end of the

exhibit. Additionally, Florida
residents are eligible to buy
one/get one free ticket
Tuesday through Friday (FIM.
is closed on Monday) until the
exhibit closes.
The Beatles exhibit con-
sists of a series of 84 historic
black and white photographs
from the unpublished
archives of CBS and LIFE pho-
tographer Bill Eppridge,
. shown with a wide range of
memorabilia from the exten-
sive private collection of Bill
Haack, which includes exact
replicas' of the Beatle's famed
instruments as used on the Ed
Sullivan Show.
The Beatles! Backstage and
Behind the Scenes photogra-
phy is organized, circulated
and presented by Vickie A.
Rehberg, president of
ArtVision Exhibitions, LLC, a
full-service exhibition, and
marketing company, provid-
ing photographic exhibitions.
to fine art museums and dis-
tinguished venues worldwide.:

For more details, visit
artvisionexhibitions.com.
Florida International
Museum has a new location
at 244 N. Second Ave., and is
open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-
Saturday: noon-5 p.m.
Sunday; last admission one
hour' before closing. The
museum is closed Mondays.
General- admission: adults
$10, seniors/military $8,
Students 7-18 years of age $7,
Toddlers 6 and under free.
Group rates are available.
North Port residents Joan
Overholser and Colleen Henry
will display their artwork
through Dec. 31 at the
Frances T. Bourne Jacaranda
Public Library, Meeting
Room, 4143 Woodmere Park
Blvd., Venice. For more infor-
mation contact the Sarasota
County Call Center at 861-
5000 and ask about the
Overholser and Henry art dis-
play' and reception at
Jacaranda Library.

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Lowery wins Vice
President's Award
Peg Lowery, executive
director of The Foundation
for Manatee Community
College Inc., has been cho-
sen by Dr. John Rosen, MCC
vice president of academic
affairs, as the winner of the
Vice President's Academic
Excellence Award. Her name
also will be included in
nominations for prestigious
2006 National Institute for
Staff and Organizational
Development Excellence
Awards.
Winners of the Vice Pres-
ident's Academic Excellence
Award exemplify qualities of
excellence and have an exten-
sive history of service to the
institution. As the newest
recipient, Lowery will serve as
mace bearer for December
2006 and May 2007 College
graduation ceremonies, and
she will address the District
Board of Trustees about why
she chose to work at a com-
munity college.
"Under Peg's tireless lead-
ership, the foundation
incredibly has grown its
endowment portfolio to
more than $33 million. Each
year, it provides almost $1
million in scholarship assis-
tance to students to help
them achieve their dreams,"
said Rosen.
The foundation, the pri-
vate fundraising arm of the
college, also provides sti-
pends for professional devel-
opment for faculty and staff,
and funds for equipment
and books.
Lowery, who has more
than 25 years of experience in
higher education, was named
the foundation's executive
director in 2000.
She also is the winner of a
2004 Florida Junior/Com-
munity College Student Gov-
ernment Association Bob
Graham Distinguished Serv-
ice Award.

Joan McGill
Faculty, administrator
complete program
Manatee Community Col-
lege faculty members Judith
Bodenweiser and Dawn
Evancho, and administrator
Joan McGill recently gradu-
ated from a year-long Acad-
emy for Leadership and De-
velopment program.
Created in conjunction
with the Chair Academy, a
division of the Maricopa.
Community College District,
Mesa, Ariz., the program
advances organizational
leadership and provides
succession planning for lead-
ers in community and techni-
cal colleges.
The program includes an
initial week of onsite train-
ing; a practicum experience
involving implementation of
an individualized profession-
al development plan; a
mentor program; and a final
week of onsite training with
a focus on leadership issues.
Participants are nominat-
ed by their individual colleges
and selected to attend;
Bodenweiser teaches biol-

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nursing. McGill is campus
executive officer at MCC
Venice.
Administrator appointed
to national board
Anders Nilsen, director of
financial aid at Manatee
Community College, has
been appointed to a three-
year term on the National
Student Loan Clearing House
Advisory Board. The board
reports on student loans and
enrollment status to the
federal government.
Nilsen also was re-elected
to a second year as chair of
the Florida Community Col-
lege Financial.Aid Directors
Commission and is former
chair of the Florida Associ-
ation of Community Colleges
Financial Aid Commission.
With MCC since 1990, he
manages a variety of financial
aid programs that provide
more than 4,900 students
with an excess of $22 million
worth of funding on an an-
nual basis.
Formerly director of finan-
cial aid at Oglethorpe Uni-
versity, Atlanta, Ga., Nilsen
also served as ia lieutenant
commander in the U.S. Naval
Reserve and was awarded:
the NavyAchievement Medal.
Professor recognized as
outstanding educator
Manatee Community Col-
lege Professor Jane Pfeilstick-
er has won a 2005 Outstand-
ing Educator Award from the
College of Agricultural and
Life Sciences at the Univers-
ity of Florida. It is the third
time Pfeilsticker has won the
award.
Three former MCC stu-
dents nominated Pfeilsticker

BROTHER CRAIG
COLUMNIST

Soon it will be Christmas!
Oh, just think of how much it
will snow but not here.:
I am well aware that I may
be the only person in this
area who misses the snow
and the cold. When I tell
people I miss them, they sim-
ply tell me I'm wrong. Of
course, I just smile and say,
"Thank you very much" -
in Korean, which is the only
thing I can say in Korean even
though I spent three hours
in the Seoul, Korea, airport.
Anyway having been born
in Boston and having'
"grewed-up" irn Massachu-
setts, I miss the winter. And
winter means snow and
cold.
By the way, grammatically

for the 2005 award in recogni-
tion of her support and guid-
ance in helping them accom-
plish their academic goals.
She received certificates of
recognition for her dedica-
tion and outstanding contri-
butions to each of the nomi-
nating students' progress in
accomplishing their academ-
ic goals.

74 Samoc Bv. -VeicF

the term (which some people
like and some people do
not) snowbird (or snow-bird)
means a bird made out of
snow. So please be careful
how you use it.
Anyway, I do miss all the
beauty and "magic" of watch-
ing snowflakes fall. I have
lived without snow before,
though.
The year I spent at St.
Kieran's Seminary in Kilken-
ny, Ireland, we only had one
day of (a little) snow. That
morning found me throwing
snowballs at the other lads'
windows.' Then during the
four years I studied in Rome
it did not snow once.
But, surprising to many
people, it can -get quite cold
in Rome. Nathaniel Haw-
thorne wrote about it in a
letter, so it mustn't be a new
thing.
Anyway, enough of the
cold. It is my yearly turn to
preach. (What! You think I
can only be funny?)
During this Christmas
season, remember to help
those less fortunate than
you. (One gets in trouble
using the word "poor," as if it
were an insult!) Help places
that feed and shelter those
in need, both locally and -
don't be so fast to put that
charity letter in the trash

Pfeilsticker has a bache-
lor's degree in medical tech-
nology and microbiology.
from Pennsylvania State Uni-
versity and a master's degree
in microbiology from the
University of Pittsburgh
School of Medicine.
She worked as a senior
research associate at Baylor
School of Medicine and as a

without opening it around
the world. For everywhere
there. are people who are
hungry, people who are
home-less, people in need of
your help.
When I .was a student in
Rome, I had the privilege of
spending several days work-
ing with Mother Teresa of
Calcutta and her Sisters. How
often Mother Teresa spoke
of how people should help
those in need, even "to give
until it hurts."
This Christmas perhaps
you could buy less-expensive
presents and use the extra
money to help the needy. Or
better yet, tell your family
and friends that instead of
gifts, you would like a dona-
tion to be sent to a certain
charity. I mean, just think" of
how many ties are given as
gifts to uncles just because
people can't think of any-
thing else.
Thanks for listening (I
mean reading).
I still miss the snow.
Anyway, have a Merry
Christmas.

Brother Craig can be con-
tacted through his communi-
ty's Web site at www.monkso-
fadoration.org ? which has
several fiction Christmas sto-
ries written by Brother Craig

research associate and gradu-
ate assistant at the University
of South Florida before join-
ing the MCC faculty in 1996.
Instructor's collection
of poems published
A collection of 'poems,
"Provocations of the
Please see MCC, 11B

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gested. Reservations required
24 hours in advance to 584-
0090 or 584-0031. Donation:
$3.
Dec. 31, New Year's Eve
* Bay Indies hosts a New
Year's dinner and party.
Appetizers, full-course dinner
at .7:30 p.m., champagne at
midnight. Dance to the
music of Good and Tight.
Setups provided; BYO)B.
Tickets are $35 per person.
For more information, call
484-1122.
* Country Club Estates holds
a New Year's Senior Prom at
700 Waterway in Venice. $40
per person includes dinner
and Jerry White's 18-piece
orchestra. BYOB. RSVP to
412-3691.
* Disabled American Veter-
ans, 600 Colonia Lane, Noko-
mis, holds a New Year's Eve
dinner and dance featuring
prime rib, champagne and a
cold buffet at mid-night.
Music by J.W Tickets on sale
at the bar for $20. For more
information, call 488-4500.
* The German-American So-
cial Club of Sarasota hosts a

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and the Beach," by Manatee
Community College instruc-
tor Dr. Len Blanchard, was
published recently by Bel-
lowing Ark "Press, Seattle,
Wash.
"Here is writing with tex-
ture, depth and a resonance
that is both subtle and evoca-
tively powerful," said:reviewer
Lucas Doolin, editor of Com-
monsense.
Blanchard published an
epic poem about Crazy
Horse, 'An American Pas-
sion," through AuthorHouse
in 2001. About 200 of his
poems- have appeared in
more than 60 literary maga-
zines and journals nation-
wide, and his poems have
been nominated three times
for a prestigious Pushcart
Prize. .
With MCC since 1999,

Blanchard earned a master's
degree and a doctorate at
Emory University, Atlanta. He
is listed in Who's Who in
America, Who's Who in the
World, Who's Who in Finance
and Business and Who's Who
Among America's Teachers.
Math professors
attend conference
Manatee Community
College mathematics ad-
ministrators and faculty
members Dr. Michael
Mears, Dr. Dennis Runde,
Dr. Lori Holdren, Dr. Paul
Nolting and Mary Beth
Headlee recently attended
the annual conference of the
American Mathematical
Association of Two-Year
Colleges in San Diego, Calif.
The conference featured a
selection of more than 200

workshops and presentations
to improve mathematics'
education in two-year col-
leges. The MCC professors
were among more than 1,000
mathematics educators from
the United States and Can-
ada who attended the 31st
arinnual conference.
Runde, chair of the MCC
mathematics department,
co-presented a session on
teaching problem-solving in
a distance learning course.
Founded in 1974, AMATYC
is the only organization ex-
clusively devoted to provid-
ing national forum for the
improvement of the instruc-
tion of mathematics in the
first two years of college.
AMATYC has about 2,800
individual members and
more than 100 institutional
members.

NewYear's Eve dance, 7 p.m.-
12:30 a.m. at the Knights of
Columbus Hall, 4880 Fruit-
ville Road, Sarasota. full buf-
fet dinner, appetizers and
dessert and champagne.
Cocktails, 6-7 p.m. RSVP to
Brigitte at 371-7786.
* The Italian American Club,
1375 Ringling Drive, Venice,.
holds a New Year's extrava-
ganza beginning with cock-
tails at 6 p.m., appetizers and
a prime rib dinner by Cordon
Blue Caterers. Dessert and
coffee. Dance to the music of
Sky High. Venetian Hour at
midnight. Tickets are $50 for
members, $60 for guests..
Call Carl at 493-6344 or
Michael at 493-6279.
* The New Venice Elks Lodge
hosts a New Year's Eve gala
beginning at 6 p.m. at 1020
Discover 'Way, Venice. Open
bar at 8 p.m.; prime rib din-
ner, 9-10 p.m.; champagne at
midnight, followed by con-
tinental breakfast. Music by
Dan, Sonny and Chris. Tick-
ets are $55 per person.
Reservations required, call
486-1854.
* The Polish-Amnerican Soci-
ety of Venice holds, a New
Year's Eve gala, "'Sylvester
2006," 6 p.m.-2 a.m., at Ven-
ice Gardens, 406 Shamirock
Blvd. Tickets are $60 for mem-
bers, $70 for guests. RSVP to
Czeslaw at 408-9657 or
Lucjan at 485-5750.
* The SouthVeniceYacht Club
celebrates the NewYear at the
clubhouse, 4425 Yacht Club
Road, at 8:30 p.m. Enjoy a sit-
down prime rib dinner by
Tina and Helene. Champagne
at midnight. BYOB, setups
provided. Cost: $50 per per-
son. RSVP to 497-1169.
Horse play
The Lipizzaner Stallions pre-
sent their 36th anniversary
tour of the Dancing White

From now until Dec. 24,
every Tuesday through
Saturday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., the
Warren Loranger Gallery will
be the site where original art
at reasonable prices can be
found. Christmas wreaths,
.pottery, sculpture, paintings,
jewelry, cards, baskets, small
crafts, tree decorations and
gourds will be available.

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There is a silent auction of
decorated Christmas trees
that will benefit the art schol-
arship fund. The scholarship
is given each year to a deserv-
ing high school senior who is
planning to continue his or
her education in art.
The art center is located at
350 South McCall Road. Call
474-5548.
PHOTO COURTESY OF EAC

Donate toys and food.
Community Center for the
Deaf & Hard of Hearing of
Manatee/Sarasota Inc. is
hosting a holiday toy and
food donation drive.
If you have any toys that
aren't being used anymore
(but are still in good shape) or
canned/nonperishable food
that isn't going to be eaten
anytime soon,, drop by and
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Honoring

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Students in the St. Marks preschool sang "Love Grows" at the statue dedication.

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Kim Cool, Features Editor of the Venice Gondolier Sun, read
remarks about the statue from former Gondolier Sun Editor
Doug Bolduc, who first put forth the idea of creating a statue
to honor Venice's most famous resident, the late circus star
Gunther Gebel-Williams.

Paul Mercier, chair of the board of the county commission-
ers, accepted the statue on behalf of Sarasota County,
which owns the park where it is displayed.

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Europe, but was afraid the
Williams Circus might fail if
he were to leave the show.
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ers as much as his beloved.
animals, he made sure they
would be employed.
Gebel-Williams added the
Williams name to his own
family name of Gebel to
honor the circus owner who
raised him from the age of 12
and gave him his start as an
animal trainer.
Final cost for the statue.
was in excess of $40.000,
which came from large and
small donors and from a sale
of circus memorabilia that
kicked off the initial fundrais-
ing efforts. Gondolier Sun
Publisher Bob Vedder made
the first contribution. The
largest donation to the statue
fund came from Feld
Entertainment, which owns
the Ringling Bros. and
Barnumn & Bailey Circus; the
city of Venice and Sarasota
County. In addition to con-

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statue fund, the county has
agreed to care for the statue in
perpetuity. Its depot site is
within Rollins Coakley Park.
Coakley, who now lives in
Utah, helped assemble the
statue steering commitTee.
Photos accompanying this
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WEDNESDAY
DEC. 14,2005

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FRAN VALENCIC
SOCIAL COLUMNIST

Enjoying

Christmas

glitz

Seasonal glitter came to life
on the runway at the Venice
Yacht Club as Krystna Knop
brought holiday fashions from
her stores on Venice Ave. for a
fashion show sponsored by
the Friends of the Venice Snym-
phony. Thanks to the efforts of
Chairmen Lois Kinzer and
Melba Martin and committee
members Cameron Buchan-
an, Janet Schotz, Stacey
Gorman, Donella Herman
and Anne Harrison about 250
women celebrated a great
afternoon.
Ruth Kaal, president of the
Friends of the Venice Sym-
phony, introduced guest mis-
tress of Ceremonies Marjorie
Floyd who added a fun com-
mentary. Marjorie is \ice pres-
ident of marketing and de-
velopment for the Gulf Coast
Community Foundation of
Venice.
Models Betty Campbell
and Ed Campbell, Sylvia
Ewing, Joe Furey, Steve Harri-
son, Flo Miles, Jean Peters,
Sandy Rehbert and Gladys
Susek walked the runway
among the guests showing off
holiday and casual apparel.
Marilyn Hendrys from Stein
Mart brought clothing for the
men which brought approval
from the crowd.
While the event raised
money for the Friends, it gave
everyone present a chance to
visit and enjoy the hQliday
season. The committee had
many raffle prizes and the
women at table 13 seemed to
win most of them. A separate
raffle was held for a lovely
watch donated by Liz Maggio
from Reflections in Gold.,
The delicious food pre-
pared by the staff at the Ven-
ide Yacht Club and spectacu-
lar decorations added the
right amount of sparkle to
make the luncheon and fash-
ion show pretty terrific.
Kudos to everyone involved
including the merchants who
provided prizes.

The current show at the
Venice Art Center runs
through Dec. 22.
Alberto Cruz judged the
various pieces at the abstract
exhibition. Lueanne Wood
sponsored the event and pre-
sented the awards. Congrat-
ulations to Fernando Madri-
dejos, Fran Henley, Carole
Vincent, Harvey Small, Helen
Pfeifle, March Lombard,
Herman Bek-gran, Eleanor
Merritt and Ruth Hook Colby.
Tomorrow night is the
Third Thursday Stroll in
downtown Venice:
Three cheers to Taylor
MacPhearson and Ann
Thompson for decorating
their boat with green and
white arid allowing all the
people who lined the Venice
shores a chance to see the
State Champion Venice Lady
Indians.

The special person of this
week is Luanne Wood. This
terrific lady generously sup-
ports many causes in town
including SPARCC, the Hu-
mane Society and animal res-
cue. Her name appears on
most programs under the
sponsorships. Luanne pro-
vides time and fluinds for the
arts and is on hand at many
events. Luanne \Wood is one of
the women \vwho helps make
Venice special.

Cochairman Lois Kenzer and Stein Mart representative Marilyn
Hendrys enjoy lunch before the fashion show at the Venice
Yacht Club.

Lueanne Wood presents awards to Herman Bek-gran, Ruth Hook Colby, Helen Pfeifle and
Harvey Small at the Venice Art Center. The award winning artist received their awards at a
opening night reception.

Krystyna Knop and Pat Banting from Krystyna's on Venice Ave.
present their lovely fashions at the Friends Fashion Show at
the Venice Yacht Club.

Gale and Jack Schemm, along with Joe and Mary Young, discover the fun of being on a boat
during the Venice Boat Parade and enjoying the crowds that wave and celebrate from the
shore. This foursome sailed on the "Mobile Home."

Melba Martin sets out a raffle prize at the Friends of the Venice
Symphony fashion show. Melba was cochairman of the event.

The Venice High State VOlleyball Champs along with coaches and Lisa, Brook and Luke
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the team on board.

Flo Miles and Sandy Rehberg model at the Friends of the
Venice Symphony fashion show at the Venice Yacht Club.

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